Former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo appeared in court on Saturday charged with corruption.
Chombo is among the officials from former President Robert Mugabe’s administration who were detained by the military when it seized power.
The court appearance was Chombo’s first public show since he was detained almost two weeks ago.
Reuters reports his lawyer Lovemore Madhuku to have said that the corruption and abuse-of-power charges against Chombo, who was expelled from the ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday, related to his time as local government minister more than a decade ago.
Madhuku had earlier this week claimed that Chombo had been admitted to hospital with injuries sustained from beatings he received in military custody.
When he appeared in court however, there were no visible injuries on his body.
Zimbabwe on Friday inaugurated its new president, only the second since independence, following long serving leader Robert Mugabe’s resignation on Tuesday.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in on a caretaker basis until elections are held in 2018.
In his inaugural address, the new president pledged to restore Zimbabwe’s economy and solve land issues.
