Dewan Chand
In office 13 May 2006 – 5 December 2006Preceded by Kamlesh Kumar Arya Succeeded by None (Parliament disestablished)
Political party Fiji Labour Party Profession Teacher, Trade Unionist
Dewan Chand is a Indo-Fijian educationist, politician and convicted sex abuser.
Chand had been a secondary school principal, and an active member of the Fiji Teachers Union before joining politics.[1] He was elected to Parliament as a Fiji Labour Party candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election , winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency .[2] He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état .
In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of Fiji Football Association .[3]
In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment.[4] The conviction was upheld on appeal.[5] He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.[6]
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