{"id":83293,"date":"2023-09-19T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:37:33","slug":"former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission","title":{"rendered":"Former Zambian President Lungu Seeks High Court Intervention After Being Denied Travel Permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has taken legal action in the High Court of Lusaka, challenging the authorities\u2019 decision to deny him permission to travel to South Korea for a world peace conference. Lungu was prevented from boarding a plane on Saturday and informed that he lacked the necessary clearance from the Cabinet. He and his wife, Esther Lungu, were scheduled to travel to South Korea via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but were unexpectedly informed of the cancellation of their trip by a protocol officer.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Zambian opposition Patriotic Front (PF), Emmanuel Mwamba, described the incident, stating that Lungu was removed from the plane despite receiving clearance and a boarding pass. Mwamba was quoted saying:<\/p>\n<p>They were cleared properly, and bags were checked in. Boarding passes were issued, but afterwards, there was an uncomfortable delay.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly, a protocol officer approached President Lungu and told him the trip had been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Lungu has named Zambia\u2019s Attorney General as the respondent in this matter. Lungu is pursuing an order which invalidates the decision made by the Director General of Zambia\u2019s Department of Immigration, which denied him permission to leave the country for South Korea. Additionally, he seeks an order to suspend the Director General\u2019s decision and a refund for the expenses incurred for the air tickets. The High Court, presided by Judge Charles Zulu, will hear Lungu\u2019s application on Monday 18 September 2023 in Lusaka.<\/p>\n<p>Lungu served as Zambia\u2019s sixth president until August 2021 when he was defeated by incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema in the country\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has taken legal action in the High Court of Lusaka, challenging the authorities\u2019 decision to deny him permission to travel to South Korea for a world peace conference. Lungu was prevented from boarding a plane on Saturday and informed that he lacked the necessary clearance from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,5912,4537,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-83293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-edgar-lungu","12":"tag-hakainde-hichilema","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Zambian President Lungu Seeks High Court Intervention After Being Denied Travel Permission - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has taken legal action in the High Court of Lusaka, challenging the authorities\u2019 de ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Zambian President Lungu Seeks High Court Intervention After Being Denied Travel Permission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has taken legal action in the High Court of Lusaka, challenging the authorities\u2019 de ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T09:19:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-19T14:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1695111613.285182.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1151\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/former-zambian-president-lungu-seeks-high-court-intervention-after-being-denied-travel-permission\",\"name\":\"Former Zambian President Lungu Seeks High Court Intervention After Being Denied Travel Permission - 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