George Speight (/ s p eɪ t /; [1] born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini, [2] 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 ...

George Speight is a Fijian businessman who was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison for leading a coup against the government in 2000. Speight’s mother was an ethnic Fijian, and his father was a well-to-do farmer of Fijian-European descent who later became a …

2024年9月23日 · George Speight was charged with treason and convicted on his own plea of guilty in 2001. He had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment in 2002, and Speight has been imprisoned for 24...

2024年9月25日 · Former businessman George Speight stormed the nation's parliament in May 2000 with an Indigenous nationalist group, holding the prime minister and cabinet members hostage for 56 days. And this week, the violence and uncertainty that followed the attempted coup rushed back to the spotlight in Fiji after Speight's release from jail last Thursday.

2024年9月19日 · George Speight, who was found guilty of treason after leading a failed coup in May 2000, has received a presidential pardon and been released from prison. Speight held the country's then-prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage for 56 days. He was originally given the death penalty but his sentence was commuted to life in prison.

2024年9月20日 · Failed Fijian coup leader George Speight and six others were released from prison on Thursday after being granted a pardon by President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, who acted on the advice of Fiji’s Mercy Commission.

2024年9月19日 · SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former coup leader George Speight, sentenced to life imprisonment in Fiji in 2002 for treason, was released from prison on Thursday after he was pardoned by Fiji's Mercy...

2024年9月20日 · Coup leader George Speight has been granted a presidential pardon and released from Fiji’s correctional facility Thursday, 24 years after orchestrating the 2000 coup that shook the Pacific nation. The decision, made by the Mercy Commission on 18 September 2024, saw the release of Speight, who was serving a life sentence for treason.

2024年9月20日 · 2000 coup leader George Speight and Counter Revolutionary Warfare leader Shane Stevens have been granted Presidential pardons. They have been officially discharged from custody. The two are among...

2024年9月23日 · A soldier guards the road to Nasova village after a soldier and a policeman were killed in an ambush by the last rebel supporters of coup leader George Speight in the Sawani area 25 kilometers north of the Fijian capital Suva 08 August 2000. Three soldiers, one seriously injured, were also hospitalized after the attack. Photo: AFP/William West