Hong Kong ‘tutor king’ found guilty of leaking test questions online to boost his business
- Weslie Siao, a former Chinese-language instructor, worked with two teachers to obtain confidential information on university exams, court finds
- All three were found guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office and now face up to two years in jail
A celebrity tutor in Hong Kong faces up to two years in jail after being found guilty of leaking public exam questions online to boost his business.
Tuen Mun Court convicted Weslie Siao Chi-yung of two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office after he directed two teachers, who acted as examiners for the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, to send him confidential materials about the university entrance tests in 2016 and 2017.
Cheung Kwok-kuen and Ng Wang-leung, who were Siao’s former classmates at Shue Yan University, were each convicted of a single count of the same charge and also face up to two years in jail. All three were remanded in custody.
Magistrate Kelly Shui said Siao had undermined the integrity of the city’s globally recognised exam system and had dragged “people around him into the pond for his own business”.
Shui called the offences committed by Cheung and Ng “very regrettable”.
“This case is very serious. I will only consider immediate imprisonment,” the magistrate said as she adjourned sentencing to May 25.