Police fight high-tech cheating on exams
By Li Qian |
June 9, 2012, Saturday
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POLICE had uncovered nearly 340 exam cheating cases involving 420 people nationwide before this year's National College Entrance Exam began on Thursday.
They also busted four illegal websites for leaking answers and selling devices used to cheat on exams, and confiscated more than 60,000 pieces of equipment, the Ministry of Public Security announced.
A police raid in Tonghua, a county in northeastern Jilin Province, exposed an exam cheating ring that extended over 28 provinces. The ring manufactured and sold devices used to cheat on exams.
Seven suspects, including vendors who sold devices online, were apprehended, and 40,000 devices seized, the People's Daily website reported yesterday. The electronic devices were disguised as eyeglasses, watches, vests, belts and watches.
Tonghua police discovered the operation when they found people distributing cards to promote the selling of the devices near a campus.
On May 13, a local resident surnamed Liu was caught peddling devices near a bus stop. He said he purchased them from a Tianjin-based online shop, and had made 30,000 yuan (US$4,752) selling 17 devices.
With the help of Tianjin police, three suspects who opened the online store were nabbed, with six boxes of goods worth more than 1 million yuan confiscated, the report said.
One of the trio, surnamed Chen, told police that he falsely claimed online that he sold batteries and told customers how to use cheating devices via qq, an instant message service. He said he bought the equipment from a company in southern China's Shenzhen Municipality.
Acting on the information, police raided the Shenzhen Yiqun Electronic Technology Co and an underground factory on May 29. The owner of the two companies, surnamed Liu, was arrested, the report said.
The NCEE, also known as gaokao in Chinese, is regarded as a destiny-shaping event for high-schoolers. About 9.15 million people took the exam on Thursday and yesterday, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Education.
Authorities have taken measures regarding the use of advanced technology for cheating. Under new rules, any equipment that can send or receive signals is banned.
The new rules also set standards for the use of surveillance cameras in the administration of exams - the devices can provide important evidence if cheating is suspected.
They also busted four illegal websites for leaking answers and selling devices used to cheat on exams, and confiscated more than 60,000 pieces of equipment, the Ministry of Public Security announced.
A police raid in Tonghua, a county in northeastern Jilin Province, exposed an exam cheating ring that extended over 28 provinces. The ring manufactured and sold devices used to cheat on exams.
Seven suspects, including vendors who sold devices online, were apprehended, and 40,000 devices seized, the People's Daily website reported yesterday. The electronic devices were disguised as eyeglasses, watches, vests, belts and watches.
Tonghua police discovered the operation when they found people distributing cards to promote the selling of the devices near a campus.
On May 13, a local resident surnamed Liu was caught peddling devices near a bus stop. He said he purchased them from a Tianjin-based online shop, and had made 30,000 yuan (US$4,752) selling 17 devices.
With the help of Tianjin police, three suspects who opened the online store were nabbed, with six boxes of goods worth more than 1 million yuan confiscated, the report said.
One of the trio, surnamed Chen, told police that he falsely claimed online that he sold batteries and told customers how to use cheating devices via qq, an instant message service. He said he bought the equipment from a company in southern China's Shenzhen Municipality.
Acting on the information, police raided the Shenzhen Yiqun Electronic Technology Co and an underground factory on May 29. The owner of the two companies, surnamed Liu, was arrested, the report said.
The NCEE, also known as gaokao in Chinese, is regarded as a destiny-shaping event for high-schoolers. About 9.15 million people took the exam on Thursday and yesterday, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Education.
Authorities have taken measures regarding the use of advanced technology for cheating. Under new rules, any equipment that can send or receive signals is banned.
The new rules also set standards for the use of surveillance cameras in the administration of exams - the devices can provide important evidence if cheating is suspected.
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