Wouter Basson (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈʋʌutər 'basɔn] WOW-tər BAH-son; born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist, drug trafficker, and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr Death" by the press for his alleged actions in apartheid South Africa, Basson was acquitted in 2002 of 67 charges, after having been suspended from his military post with full pay in 1999.
Wouter Basson (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈʋʌutər 'basɔn] WOW-tər BAH-son; born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist, drug trafficker, and former head of the country's secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed "Dr Death" by the press for his alleged actions in apartheid South Africa, Basson was acquitted in 2002 of 67 charges, after having been suspended from his military post with full pay in 1999.
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