Fiji's High Court sentenced indigenous coup leader George Speight ... to life in prison. Speight, who overthrew the volatile and ethnically divided country's first ethnic-Indian prime minister ...

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

This film documents Fijis constitutional history and provides a background to the coup of 17 May 2000 led by George Speight In 1999 Fiji had its first democratically elected IndoFijian prime ...