Fiji court sentences eight men over Commodore kill conspiracy

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Updated March 5, 2010 19:52:58

Fiji's High Court has sentenced eight men to between seven and three years in jail, for plotting to murder the country's coup leader, and currently-interim-Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama.

Other charges relating to the country's interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and the then-interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Throughout the trial, Justice Paul Madigan made it clear he believes the man responsible for the plot, is not being tried.

Presenter: Campbell Cooney, Pacific Correspondent
Speakers: Vijay Narayan, News Director for Communications Fiji; Balu Khan, New Zealand businessman

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