FORMER president, Frederick Chiluba needs more medical tests and has extended his stay in South Africa.

This came to light yesterday before a Lusaka magistrate's court adjourned the case involving Chiluba and two others, to January 13 next year.

High Court registrar, Jones Chinyama, sitting in the magistrate's court, adjourned the case after Chiluba's lawyers applied for an adjournment because their client needed to undergo further medical tests in South Africa, which might take long.

Defence lawyer, Robert Simeza informed the court that Chiluba required to do more tests and therefore it was inevitable that he extended his stay in South Africa for another week and the Government had approved his stay.

This is in the case in which Chiluba is charged with Access Financial Services Limited directors, Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu of theft of public funds from the ZAMTROP intelligence account.

Chiluba and his co-accused were scheduled to continue with their defence this week.

Chungu and Kabwe were present in court.