Li Hsing-wen (
Chen Ying-yuan (
Li is alleged not only to have never intended to take up his offer at NTNU, but also to have previously enrolled and completed two years of the program.
PHOTO: SU FU-NAN, LIBERTY TIMES
Chen, was accompanied by PFP lawmaker Shen Chih-hui (
According to Chen, he took an exam to enroll in a master's degree program at the Graduate Institute of Dr Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine at NTNU, which was set to start in September. His result, released in June, placed him third in the waiting list for places not taken up by those with firm offers. As far as he understood, he said, Li Hsing-wen (
"On June 19, I got a phone call from a woman, later identified as Li's girlfriend, offering to sell me his admission qualification for NT$1 million," Chen said.
"She told me that if I rejected the offer, Li would register at the institute, but he would definitely not study there."
Chen then investigated Li, discovering that he was currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Institute of Mainland China Studies at NSYSU.
He had however been taking NNTU's graduate exams and attended the latter's program for two consecutive years.
He filed a suspension request at NTNU last year, but as a suspended student he re-took the enrollment exam this year. "He had no intention of studying at NTNU. He intended only to make money out of his admission qualification," Chen said.
"After several rounds of negotiation, a price of NT$ 300,000 was agreed," he said, adding, "How can such a depraved individual exist in Taiwan's academic circles?"
Li, requested by NSYSU to appear yesterday, said he was not fully cognizant of the details, as it was his girlfriend who had primarily liaised with Chen. He said, however, that the price offered was not as high as Chen stated.
"I am sorry to have caused all this disturbance ? I am willing to face punishment," he said.
Li's girlfriend told the media that the whole incident was initiated as a prank.
"I only made the first phone call, but later on we changed our minds and decided to drop the offer. It was Chen who kept calling us ? It is he who has been harassing us. Now he has gone as far as to hold this news conference, so what's he up to?" he asked.
It is a matter for the authorities of each institution to determine whether students may register at more than one school.
Liang Chien-chiang (梁健強), an official at NTNU, told the Taipei Times that there were no regulations at NTNU to prevent students from registering at any other school. Liang said that in spite of Li's status as a suspended student, his re-taking the enrollment exam did not violate any school rules. "We have no right to forbid anyone from sitting any exam," Liang said.
Huang Jen-chieh (
Liang Ting-peng (
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