On July 13, after 56 days as a prisoner of coup leader George Speight, Mahendra Chaudhry was freed into a new Fiji, without a Constitution or an elected government, and policed by martial law.

George Speight, a well-known former Fijian businessman, led an armed takeover of Fiji's government in May 2000, holding the country's then-prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government ...

It took two months, but by the time George Speight freed the last of ... In rambling interviews, he cast captive Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his fellow ethnic Indians as exploiters ...

The Fiji Government has told deposed prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry to stop his overseas ... for eight weeks by rebels led by nationalist leader George Speight. The information minister said Mr ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former coup leader George Speight ... armed men led by businessman Speight held then Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnically Indian prime minister, and ...

At Suva’s Fiji Golf Club, George Speight wasn’t the most popular of partners. He had only three topics, one fellow member recalled: himself, money, and the evils of Mahendra Chaudhry’s ...

Former businessman George Speight stormed the nation's parliament ... the timing of his release has attracted criticism — including from Mahendra Chaudhry, the prime minister held hostage ...

Fiji's deposed prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, is a smaller ... a beating at the hands of supporters of coup leader George Speight, suffered the day after he was taken hostage.

Deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry drank kava with ... But he held no ill-will towards coup leader George Speight. Mr Chaudhry said he had been fasting and had lost weight, but he was ...

The deposed Fijian prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, who was held hostage ... army agreed to meet the demands of the rebel leader, George Speight, to establish rule by indigenous Fijians.