A Zambian student studying China’s Hebei University has been chased from school after exhibiting Coronavirus symptoms.
And students who sought anonymity studying in China have expressed disappointment that the Zambian Embassy in Beijing was not being helpful.
The Business and Economics student, identified as Mulube, who is currently in transit to Zambia confirmed that he had been discharged from the Chinese University on ground that he had been “exposed”.
According to a letter from Shijiazhuang city leader, addressed to Wamulungwe Nambula, the education attaché’ at the Zambian Embassy in Beijing, the school authorities ordered the student to leave China on Monday March 23, 2020.
“I refer to the above subject matter. The mentioned student was on Monday 23rd, 2020 was ordered to leave China and return to Zambia by the school management after he was admitted at hospital for a blood clot problem. According to the details, the student fell sick and he immediately informed the school management who took him to a hospital where he was hospitalised. He was told to leave for Zambia today at 00:10 midnight Chinese time, on Ethiopian airlines. This report came late to the city leader, hence, the late reporting to the Zambian Embassy. Nevertheless, any guidance or advice regarding this matter will be highly appreciated,” stated the city leader.
According to correspondence seen, the Zambia Embassy in China asked the student to report the case to the Chinese Embassy in Lusaka.
“Shame! Let the student contact the embassy as soon as he gets to Zambia so we can get the details and follow up. We will follow up after he reports officially to the embassy with full details and contacts of the school,” responded Nambula
When reached for a comment, Mulube confirmed the matter but said he was still resolving his flight issues to Zambia.
His fellow students who helped him through the ordeal narrated to News Diggers! that Mulube had been hospitalised for a different ailment.
“The other day he wasn’t feeling well, he had a heart burn and he wanted to go to the hospital. He told the school authorities that he needed to go to the hospital, hoping that he would be admitted back in the University instead of being sent to Zambia. They even assured him that ‘you will come back’. He was admitted to the hospital for something else that was nothing serious. After being discharged, he was told ‘you can’t go back to school you have been exposed’,” narrated his fellow students who sought anonymity.
“He told them he didn’t have money to go back to Zambia but they told him that they would credit him a K10,000. He was told he was going against the school rules. The doctor spoke to the school authorities that he didn’t have a problem but they couldn’t listen. When you complain about something, they threaten to chase you out of the country,” complained the students.
The students narrated that Mulube got further stranded after the flight he was put on was canceled.
“He sent a voice note in the group that the flight he was supposed to be on has not been allowed to land in China because the Chinese government has not allowed it. Right now he is in Beijing. So as the Embassy, what are they doing about it? He doesn’t have where to go because his flight has been cancelled and if he can’t sleep at the Zambian Embassy for two days, he will be sick. There is a house in Beijing at least if they are not going to help him they should accommodate him for the night. There is already another student who has been at the airport for three days. They are sleeping at the airport and being exposed to worse. If the Embassy is not going to welcome them, who is going to receive them?” wondered the concerned student.
23 responses
The way we worship the Chinese in Zambia awe mwandini, but they treat us like we are the ones who brought the virus in the world shameless people.
I do not know why people go to China to study. Go to countries where Human Rights matter.
Now come and see how our foolish people are treating the Chinese here.
The chinese embassy in Ludaka is useless. Theyvonley take care of their people. They need your money they don’t care about tou
So, the being “exposed” that is said to have taken place, does it imply going out of campus or for that matter to a hospital where he would be susceptible to getting COVID-19?
And here in Zambia we treat them like kings. All you government officials who eat money with them, this what they really think of you and your people – trash.
Too bad to hear that
Disappointed with our government, they have seen how our citizens are treated in china, but they do jack. Yet here in Zambia, our own country, even a dog owned by a chinese foreigner has more rights. Our government leaders have no gutts to send back the Chinese or to tell them what you do to us, we will do to you, we don’t need the chinese, it is they who need us because they are the ones coming to our country to get rich. If I was in government I’d send them all back and get western investors because at least they have more respect for human life and human rights.
Do the same with the Chinese in Zambia
Very stupid Chinese!
They shouldn’t forget their Nationals are all over the world..
I’m really hoping this is not our former student mulube God help us
This is all about the PF govt. here Chinese are free to even quarantine themselves without ministry of health detection. In China they treat us like Aliens
If we can be chased like dogs in their country and here we are treating them with kids gloves, Only God knows
We should also start chasing them.What they did is not right and the embassy should support their own.
Ifwe here Chinese people are everywhere some of them are even on self quarantine. This is so unfair
Pesky chinese, all over the world like fleas on a dog. I’ve said it before, we don’t need the chinese, they need us for our mineral wealth. If government had the spine to tell them “you can open up a mine but don’t bring 3000 of your chinks to work on the mine, we have people here who can work” look at MCM, it’s owned by glencore, but you won’t find it infested with 3000 whites, majority of employees are black. The Chinese are dirty, they spit anywhere, they have no respect for human life, they eat weird animals that are desease infected. Long live the west
Gift mweemba. Nice work
That was not the right thing to do by the school authority. They would have first listen to the doctor then chasing the young man in that way.
Look ! And yet we treat Chinese here like small gods. Shame
This is been unfair,there are a lot of Chinese people in Zambia who are enjoying the same freedom Zambian people have.Been sick can’t deprive mulube his right to education and moreover its not even covid 19.why was he not just treated the same way a Chinese person would be treated if suffered from the same disease. Not fare
see you worship these foreigners yet treat our people like that. chinese remember your people are in zambia.do you want us to do the same?
Aww that’s absurd for the Chinese to behave in such a manner. To begin with why would one want to study in China?yes I know it’s all about saving money and cheap comes at a price! But to be realistic Chinese academic standards are poor. If you really want a good education try other countries that are civilized. Everything about China is fake!
This artical totally makes no sense. No inpeccable source and no details are provided everybody. You just got brainwashed by this kind of transh? Can’s believe it. Be smart ok? Foreigner are treated like kings in China, which is not good. Everyboby is equal.