I don't know when it started, the social platforms in the mainland are full of 100% people who can be admitted to the University of Hong Kong, and not only the University of Hong Kong, almost every university in Hong Kong has a "professional escort" agent.
It seems to be going through the back door, but in fact, the illegal behavior has spread for several years, and finally broke out recently, and the University of Hong Kong was the first to jump out and say that it would be strictly investigated to the end, and the city was suddenly full of storms.
The day before yesterday, the dean of the School of Management and Economics of the University of Hong Kong said in an interview with the media that more than 30 people were found in the investigation of the schools they were already studying, and it is estimated that the number of students will increase to hundreds in the future.
Almost all of them used fake diplomas to enter the University of Hong Kong, and they were all mainland students, and the University said that these acts of falsifying application information through unscrupulous intermediaries must be severely punished.
How did they forge it? A spokesperson for the HKU School told the media that many people said that the intermediary method of "arranging with one hand and deceiving at both ends" is breathtaking!
These students who broke the law all claimed to be university graduates from abroad, and they all contacted through "black intermediaries" and signed an "application counseling agreement", and the intermediaries said that they would help them package their academic experience.
It seems that they are helping them "write application essays", but in fact, they forge a whole set of transcripts and graduation certificates of outstanding students from first-class foreign universities, and then send them to the Hong Kong universities they want to apply to.
And the college saw these materials, felt that the student was eligible, and sent them an admission letter, which was sent directly to the address reserved by the "black agent", and everything seemed to be perfect.
The admission letter of the University of Hong Kong also requires the student to provide the materials sent by his undergraduate university, and this material is forwarded to the student who wants to apply by the "black agent".
The student union thought that the background improvement made by the agent helped him get admitted, and at the same time, the agent sent back a set of fake documents from abroad, but they were no different from the real thing, to the university to apply to.
Such a set of processes, including transcripts, degree certificates, etc., has a very high degree of simulation, the cost is about hundreds of thousands, and the profit is quite high! The students also got their wish to study at the universities in Hong Kong.
However, some students are rookies, although they successfully enrolled with fake diplomas, but they didn't have that ability, and they were soon discovered by the professor The huge contrast in knowledge, so they reported it to the school and exposed the incident.
It is reported that the dean of the University of Hong Kong said that such a "two-pronged" method is only part of the problem, some students do not know it at all, and some students and their parents know about it, and even take the initiative to participate in the fraud.
Therefore, HKU has decided to initiate a school-wide thorough investigation, requiring current master's students to re-submit undergraduate degree certifications, transcripts and other materials, hoping that a thorough investigation can restore the school's damaged reputation.
HKU admits that there is no punishment for students for the time being, but only requires students who break the law to provide information about contracts with intermediaries and even agents or introducers to facilitate the investigation by the Hong Kong police.
After taking over the investigation, the District Crime Squad of Hong Kong's Western District District Crime Unit arrested a 24-year-old and a 34-year-old Mainland woman on June 22 and July 3 respectively on suspicion of using false instruments and making false representations.
Among them, the 24-year-old woman was about to be arrested during the investigation, don't underestimate this false document, it is a criminal case, and a mainlander was imprisoned for 12 months for this crime last year.
Professor Cai Hongbin, Dean of HKU Business School, said that the spread of fake academic qualifications to overseas applications will have a great negative impact on the academic integrity of Chinese students, and the potential harm should not be underestimated.
Other universities in Hong Kong, such as CUHK, PolyU and HKMU, responded that if any academic documents are found to be falsified, the applicants concerned will be disqualified from applying or being admitted, and those who have already enrolled in the programme will be expelled from the university immediately.
Some netizens said: I feel that Hong Kong's universities seem to be very child's play, and they let them enroll without reviewing it clearly, is there a joint and several responsibility here?
Some netizens replied: This is the subtlety of Hong Kong thinking and Hong Kong's legal system, respect and freedom, completely agree with you, will not censor, and there will be relative laws to deal with violations.