‘Tutor king’ Weslie Siao gets 14 months in jail for orchestrating online leak of university entrance exam questions
- Two teachers who fed Siao the confidential materials were also given prison sentences of eight and five months, though the latter was suspended
- ‘This trend of leaking public exam materials must be stopped’, magistrate says in delivering judgment
Tuen Mun Court ruled that Weslie Siao Chi-yung had dealt a blow to the integrity of the city’s examination system by instructing two teachers to give him confidential materials about the 2016 and 2017 university entrance tests while they served as examiners for the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.
The two teachers, Cheung Kwok-kuen and Ng Wang-leung, Siao’s former classmates at Shue Yan University, were respectively jailed for eight months and five months, but Ng’s jail term was suspended for two years.
Magistrate Kelly Shui blasted the tutor for establishing his reputation as a “tutor king” at the expense of his friends, adding that deterrent sentences were necessary to reflect the gravity of the offence.
“This trend of leaking public exam materials must be stopped,” the magistrate said.
Siao, 44, was convicted earlier this month of two counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Cheung and Ng, both 45, were each convicted of a single count of the same charge.