Suresh Chandra Sentencing Deffered

Former Fijian Electoral Commission chairperson and lawyer Suresh Chandra is set to be sentenced today.

Thursday 20 April 2023 | 10:22

Former Electoral Commission chairperson, Suresh Chandra. Photo: Ronald Kumar

Former Electoral Commission chairperson, Suresh Chandra. Photo: Ronald Kumar

Former Fijian Electoral Commission chairperson and lawyer Suresh Chandra is set to be sentenced today.

Chandra has been found guilty for six counts of professional misconduct for unreconciled monies by the Independent Legal Services Commission.

ILSC Commissioner Justice Gihan Kulatunga found Chandra liable for five out of the six professional misconduct charges.

He was a partner of MC Lawyers and the trustee of the MC Lawyers Trust Account no. 9101000000175 kept at Bank of Baroda, Suva branch.

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Story by: ashna.kumar@fijisun.com.fj