Disgraced professor who took HK$40,000 bribe to admit unqualified student jailed

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former university professor to 20 weeks in jail after he accepted a HK$40,000 (US$5,109) bribe and offered two colleagues red…

In breve

A professor in Hong Kong was jailed for taking a bribe to admit an unqualified student to an educational institution.

Punti chiave

• A professor took a HK$40,000 bribe to admit an unqualified student

Contesto

Disgraced professor who took HK$40,000 bribe to admit unqualified student jailed A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former university professor to 20 weeks in jail after he accepted a HK$40,000 (US$5,109) bribe and offered two colleagues red packets to help an unqualified student gain admission to a postgraduate programme, with the judge condemning his actions for tarnishing the city’s reputation. Liu Hongbin was sentenced on Thursday for abusing his authority as chair professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s (HKUST) department of ocean science to... According to the collected source material from www.scmp.com, A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former university professor to 20 weeks in jail after he accepted a HK$40,000 (US$5,109) bribe and offered two colleagues red packets to help an unqualified student gain admission to a postgraduate programme, with the…

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Cosa resta incerto

• The exact amount of the bribe is not specified

Categoria: cronaca
Entità: Disgraced