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 ...

His release has left Fiji grappling once again ... brought to us about the carriage of arms in and around Suva by George Speight and his bodyguards and also threats to the head of state".

At Suva’s Fiji Golf Club, George Speight wasn’t the most popular of ... forfeited the amnesty promised them in the hostage-release deal by refusing to surrender all their weapons.

The Mercy Commission, which can grant pardons, is headed by Attorney-General Siromi Turaga He told the ABC Speight's applications were "now going through the lawful administrative process" Speight ...

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 ...

Former coup leader George Speight, sentenced to life imprisonment in Fiji in 2002 for treason, was released from prison today after he was pardoned by Fiji’s mercy commission, officials said.