# The legal counsel for the late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s family has argued there’s no evidence he wished to be buried in Zambia. Advocate Casper Welgemoed told the High Court in Pretoria any such claims are hearsay and should be dismissed. The Zambian government and the Lungu family are in a legal battle over his final resting place after he died in Pretoria in June. The state wants him repatriated while the family prefers a private burial in South Africa. Judgment is expected this week.
Lungu family lawyer claims no proof late president wanted burial in Zambia