pn953. Fiji: Speight to be released soonish

 

Speight 22 years ago

Fiji Corrections sources confirm 2000 coup leader George Speight has been transferred to Medium Prison as process is being set in motion to secure his release after serving over 20 years in prison.

George Speight (born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini,^[1] is a Fijian businessman and politician who was the leader of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, in which he and rebel soldiers from Fiji's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit seized the Fijian Parliament and held Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 35 other MP's hostage from 19 May 2000 to 13 July 2000. After being convicted of treason for leading the coup, he is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment.

Speight is the son of politician Sam Speight, the brother of politician Samisoni Tikoinasau and the uncle of rugby player Henry Speight. -- Wikipedia.

See also pn950.