Suva - The Fiji nationalist rebel leader, Mr George Speight, was charged yesterday with treason stemming from a two-month crisis in which gunmen stormed parliament and held the Prime Minister and members of his government hostage.
Sixteen of his supporters were also charged with treason, which carries the death penalty. Mr Speight was charged in Suva Magistrates Court with one felony charge of treason and another of conspiracy to commit treason.
