Ex-president of Zambia guilty of theft
A British court found Zambia’s first democratically elected president guilty of stealing $46 million in government funds and ordered him to repay it.
Frederick Chiluba, president of the impoverished southern African nation from 1991 to 2002, took the funds from state coffers with the help of top aides and two British law firms, High Court Justice Peter Smith said.
The attorney general’s office in Zambia opted to pursue the case in a British court because much of the stolen money was laundered through London.
Chiluba, who lives in Zambia, was not at the hearing. His spokesman said the British court had no jurisdiction.
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