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Constituency No. 3 was regarded as unusual as it had been a stronghold of rival party MMM. However, Siddick Chady did not complete his 5-year-term as he resigned from the National Assembly in 2004 in order to resolve problems arising in his private business ventures. Chady's resignation did not
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harbour dredging contract in 2006. His then-wife Hannah Bibi Chady, and municipal councillor Bashir Nazeer, both directors of Chady's family business Video
Blockbuster Network Ltd (VBN), were charged with money laundering as VBN's bank account was used to receive Boskalis' bribes. Coincidentally
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Siddick Chady died on Sunday 24 June 2024 evening at the age of 73 at the Artémis Clinic in
Curepipe, about 40 days after his release from prison. Unlike previous high profile inmates, Chady refused to leave his jail cell to spend time in hospital, despite being ill during his 8 months in jail.
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Elections Siddick Chady changed constituencies and was candidate of Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMXD in Constituency No. 3 - Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East. He was elected, along with Samioullah Lauthan (MSM-MMM) and Mohammad Nanhuck (MSM-MMM). Chady's election as a
201:. The latter was convicted and is serving a 30 year sentence at the Beau Bassin prison. In 2021 Naserah Bibi Vavra pleaded guilty to 10 charges of money laundering connected to drug trafficking and she was fined nearly Rs 1 Million by the Financial Crimes Division of the Intermediary Court.
291:. The scandal broke out when in 2008 when a local weekly newspaper published a copy of a facsimile from Boskalis (dated 10 October 2006) showing the transfer of funds to Chady's bank account. He received between Rs 1 Million and Rs 3 Millions in bribes from Dutch firm
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Boslakis scandal. Chady expressed his disappointment about Ramgoolam's ingratitude, especially as Chady's family had been instrumental during the launch of
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Chady grew up in Rose Hill and travelled to Europe to study medicine. His family owned a number of businesses including Cinema ABC, and
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who has been married four times, her first marriage occurring when she was 14 years of age. In 2006 Vavra married drug trafficker
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Siddick Chady claimed to have lost his passport in India, exactly when
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