Summary
Dewan Chand is a Indo-Fijian educationist, politician and convicted sex abuser.
Dewan Chand | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Fijian Parliament for Laucala Indian | |
| In office 13 May 2006 – 5 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kamlesh Kumar Arya |
| Succeeded by | None (Parliament disestablished) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Fiji Labour Party |
| Profession | Teacher, Trade Unionist |
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]
References edit
- ^ FLP names first lot of candidates
- ^ "Election results by the count". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ^ Navua’s Sharma joins Fiji FA chiefs Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chand gets four years". Fiji Sun. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Former FFA VP loses appeal". Fiji Village. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Dewan Chand no longer Fiji FA VP". Fiji Village. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2023.