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LONDON (AP) - A British court found Zambia's first democratically elected president guilty of stealing $46 million in government funds Friday and ordered him to repay the entire sum.
Frederick Chiluba, president of the impoverished southern African nation from 1991-2001, 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, rather than at home, because much of the stolen money was laundered through London.
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