PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was discharged yesterday from a hospital in the country’s capital where he was examined and treated for chest pains.Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc”, shuffled unsteadily out the back door of the Canape Vert Hospital in a blue suit, shaking hands and waving at several dozen cheering supporters, mostly older men who served in the military or government under the former “president for life”.The 59-year-old ex-dictator was admitted to the hospital last Wednesday after complaining of chest pains. Family friends and associates have declined to discuss details of his health condition.”They ran all sorts of tests yesterday and he’s OK,” said family friend Enzo Alcindor.Duvalier was returning under police escort to his villa in the hills above the Haitian capital where he is under house arrest. He is under investigation on criminal charges that include corruption and human rights abuses during his 1971-1986 rule.The former dictator made a surprise return to Haiti in January, 25 years after he was forced into exile in a popular uprising against a regime widely considered brutal and corrupt.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier was discharged yesterday from a hospital in the country’s capital where he was examined and treated for chest pains.

Duvalier, known as “Baby Doc”, shuffled unsteadily out the back door of the Canape Vert Hospital in a blue suit, shaking hands and waving at several dozen cheering supporters, mostly older men who served in the military or government under the former “president for life”.

The 59-year-old ex-dictator was admitted to the hospital last Wednesday after complaining of chest pains. Family friends and associates have declined to discuss details of his health condition.

“They ran all sorts of tests yesterday and he’s OK,” said family friend Enzo Alcindor.

Duvalier was returning under police escort to his villa in the hills above the Haitian capital where he is under house arrest. He is under investigation on criminal charges that include corruption and human rights abuses during his 1971-1986 rule.

The former dictator made a surprise return to Haiti in January, 25 years after he was forced into exile in a popular uprising against a regime widely considered brutal and corrupt.