Disgraced professor who took HK$40,000 to admit unqualified student sent to jail
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Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
4/15
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A Hong Kong court on Thursday jailed a former university professor for 20 weeks after he accepted a HK$40,000 (US$5,109) bribe and offered red packets to two colleagues to help an unqualified student gain admission to a postgraduate programme, saying his actions had tarnished the city’s reputation. Liu Hongbin was sentenced for abusing his authority as chair professor at the Hong Kong University o
