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Zhongnan University Moves to Expel Student After Exam Impersonation Scheme

A formal probe has been opened to identify the fleeing impersonator alongside newly tightened exam oversight.

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Students leave a national college entrance examination site in Xinghua City, east China’s Jiangsu province, on June 9, 2025. Photo: Zhou Shegen/Xinhua

Overview

  • A male student posed as a woman wearing a wig, mask and headband to sit for a June 24 Advanced Accounting exam at Zhongnan University.
  • The invigilator’s request to remove the wig prompted suspicion and another candidate confirmed the charade, forcing the impostor to flee.
  • Zhongnan University identified female student Li as the orchestrator who commissioned the impersonator through an online platform.
  • Li now faces expulsion under the university’s academic misconduct regulations.
  • Authorities have launched a formal investigation to determine the impersonator’s identity, spurring a review of exam security measures.