Fiji's High Court sentenced indigenous coup leader George Speight to ... of the Lord Almighty." Speight and armed nationalists stormed parliament on May 19, 2000, saying Indo-Fijians were ...

Mahendra Chaudhry was Fiji's first Prime Minister of Indian ancestry, but in 2000 he and ... after a civilian coup backed by a faction of the military and led by George Speight stormed parliament.