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'''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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121209183530/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Hrhy20YvwaUJ:www.flp.org.fj/n060328.htm+%22Azim+Hussein%22+%2B+Fiji&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=15 FLP names first lot of candidates ]</ref> 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, Fiji)|Laucala Indian Communal Constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.gov.fj/results2006/constituencies/40.html |title=Election results by the count |access-date=2007-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927153714/http://www.elections.gov.fj/results2006/constituencies/40.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.fijilive.com/sports/football/news/2009/10/08/11806.Fijilive Navua’s Sharma joins Fiji FA chiefs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024923/http://www.fijilive.com/sports/football/news/2009/10/08/11806.Fijilive |date=2012-03-06 }}</ref>

In September 2012 he was convicted on indecent assault and defiling a girl under the age of 13 and sentenced to four years imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2012/09/13/chand-gets-four-years/ |title=Chand gets four years |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=13 September 2012 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> The conviction was upheld on appeal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Former-FFA-VP-loses-appeal-2k95rs |title=Former FFA VP loses appeal |publisher=Fiji Village |date=23 February 2013 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref> He was subsequently sacked from the Fiji Football Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/sport/Dewan-Chand-no-longer-Fiji-FA-VP-25srk9/ |title=Dewan Chand no longer Fiji FA VP |publisher=Fiji Village |date=10 October 2012 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>

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Dewan Chand - Revision history

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