University of Hong Kong students urged to report suspicions on fake qualifications after ‘small number’ of cases uncovered at business school
- Business school at Hong Kong’s oldest university says ‘small number’ of cases identified, alongside several agencies suspected of offering fake documents
- Post check finds numerous consultancies claiming on popular social media platform they can guarantee university enrolment even to those not qualified
The business school at Hong Kong’s oldest university has called on students to report suspected qualifications fraud after uncovering “a small number” of such cases and identifying agencies involved in supplying forged documents.
The Post also found numerous education consultancies claiming on a popular mainland Chinese social media platform that they could guarantee enrolment even for those who failed university entrance exams into Hong Kong and other tertiary institutions, with one charging 400,000 yuan (US$55,354).
A spokeswoman for the University of Hong Kong (HKU) business school on Tuesday also warned that those caught using fake documents would have admission offers rescinded, their enrolment nullified and be reported to police.
The incident came to light on Monday when a screenshot shared on Reddit-like forum LIHKG showed an online post written in simplified Chinese from someone who claimed to be graduating soon, saying the qualifications he submitted for the admission process had recently been checked again by the university.
The student claimed that an agency earlier guaranteed an admission offer from the university through the use of fabricated academic transcripts.