Dewnarain Poetoe

Dewnarain Poetoe (1923/24 – 14 December 2012) was a member of the Estates of Suriname during the 1950s and 1960s.

Poetoe was born in either 1923 or 1924,[1] and worked as a cashier at a branch of De Surinaamsche Bank in the Nickerie District.

It soon became apparent that there was a staged break-in in an attempt to cover up long-standing fraud.

Poetoe was a member of parliament for some time until he was sentenced on appeal to three years in prison for his role in the embezzlement of 350,000 Surinamese guilders.

[5] Poetoe died on 14 December 2012 in Gouda, the Netherlands, at the age of 88.