CUHK suspends student in Hong Kong over forged sick note, death certificate
By Emily Hung
An undergraduate student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has been suspended for allegedly forging a sick note to miss an exam and a death certificate to secure an exemption from scholarship renewal requirements.
The university on Sunday cited privacy concerns in declining to provide further details on the case, which came to light on social media recently in posts showing a notice issued in September last year by the institution’s student discipline committee.
Without naming the offender, the committee said the student had received five demerit points altogether, with a detailed examination by a panel of judges finding the behaviour constituted “very serious misconduct”.
The body decided to temporarily suspend the undergraduate student for the first and second semesters of the 2024-25 academic year.
The offender is also required to submit a letter of reflection over the use of the forgeries in applications to be absent from an exam and to be exempt from scholarship renewal conditions.
In handing down its punishment, the committee said graduation assessment would not be carried out until the second semester of the academic year if the student had already met all graduation requirements.
Students are often required to achieve satisfactory academic performance by meeting a minimum grade point average level to renew a scholarship.
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By Emily Hung
An undergraduate student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has been suspended for allegedly forging a sick note to miss an exam and a death certificate to secure an exemption from scholarship renewal requirements.
The university on Sunday cited privacy concerns in declining to provide further details on the case, which came to light on social media recently in posts showing a notice issued in September last year by the institution’s student discipline committee.
Without naming the offender, the committee said the student had received five demerit points altogether, with a detailed examination by a panel of judges finding the behaviour constituted “very serious misconduct”.
The body decided to temporarily suspend the undergraduate student for the first and second semesters of the 2024-25 academic year.
The offender is also required to submit a letter of reflection over the use of the forgeries in applications to be absent from an exam and to be exempt from scholarship renewal conditions.
In handing down its punishment, the committee said graduation assessment would not be carried out until the second semester of the academic year if the student had already met all graduation requirements.
Students are often required to achieve satisfactory academic performance by meeting a minimum grade point average level to renew a scholarship.
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