George Speight

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Coup leader who held first Indo-Fijian Prime Minister hostage released from jail

George Speight, a former businessman, led the 2000 coup that saw then-Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first Indo-Fijian leader, and his government held hostage for 56 days.

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