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Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:06 PM Mar 2013

Who didn't see this coming?

Attorney: Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier hospitalized following court hearing
By Associated Press,
Updated: Monday, March 4, 8:35 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An attorney for Jean-Claude Duvalier said Monday that his client was hospitalized for an unspecified illness just after the former ruler testified last week in court about alleged human rights abuses and embezzlement associated with his 15-year rule.

Lawyer Reynold Georges said Monday night that Duvalier wasn’t feeling well before the Thursday court hearing and his doctor advised him not to testify.

“I decided otherwise” and urged him to attend, Georges said.

Georges declined to name the hospital where Duvalier is apparently receiving medical attention or specify the ailment, saying simply that “he’s sick.”

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/attorney-haitis-baby-doc-duvalier-hospitalized-following-court-hearing/2013/03/04/d5d99608-852f-11e2-a80b-3edc779b676f_story.html

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