Dewan Chand is a

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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. He was elected to Parliament as a

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candidate in the 2006 Fijian general election, winning 90% of the votes cast in the Laucala Indian Communal Constituency. He lost his seat when parliament was dissolved following the

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. In October 2009, he was re-elected the northern vice president of

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. In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment. The conviction was upheld on appeal. He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Fijian trade unionists Fiji Labour Party politicians Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji) Fijian Hindus Politicians from Suva Fijian criminals 1980 Oceania Cup players Men's association football players not categorized by position Fijian men's footballers {{Fiji-politician-stub