Liberian Connections
In light of the 2005 controversies, an interview given by Grewal to the Vancouver newspaper The Province in 1995 resurfaced. At the time, Grewal was seeking a Liberal Party nomination in the British Columbia provincial election. When reporter Don Hauka described Grewal as "politically inexperienced", Grewal phoned him to clarify his previous experience. Grewal himself claimed both verbally and in a résumé that he faxed to Hauka that he had been an advisor to dictator Samuel Doe during Liberia's Green Revolution. In 1995 Grewal also claimed to be "Honorary vice-consul of Liberia in Canada". Subsequently Grewal has denied all such connections to the former government of Liberia. Grewal and his wife Nina moved from Liberia in 1991, and both their children were born there.
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