"College Entrance Exam Answers" sold online, what crimes does buying and selling such answers constitute?
[2] Compiled from: China Jiangmen Net, other online public channels
[3] "Order now and sign a guarantee contract, limited to 20 spots, easily get into a top university," "Zero foundation, still pass the college entrance exam"... Every year as the college entrance exam approaches, people online begin flooding the internet with so-called "exam answers," and some test-takers are tempted. But are these online-sold "exam answers" really trustworthy?
[4] Ms. Huang reported that her nephew saw someone selling college entrance exam answers online and was tempted, vaguely hinting to his parents to buy a set to try.
[5] "With this mindset, can he still study in peace?" Ms. Huang said. She searched online and found many ads were quite "devastating," especially for test-takers and parents hoping their children can get high scores and enter good universities—it's easy to get "tempted."
[6] "My nephew and his parents were a bit tempted and wanted to give it a try, saying even if it's fake, they wouldn't be afraid—just losing some money, and if it's real, wouldn't they profit? But I stopped them; I always felt it was unreliable," Ms. Huang said.
The police explained that this is a very old-fashioned scam; the so-called college entrance exam answers sold online are all fraudulent. At a 2013 teleconference on the security and confidentiality of the college entrance exam, the police reminded candidates and parents not to be fooled by scammers' sweet talk into buying so-called exam answers.
If someone buys fake answers, they are a victim, but buying real answers is even more serious.
According to previous media reports, a 23-year-old woman named Wang purchased the answers to the English (II) test of the higher education self-study exam online for 500 yuan and received the answers via email before the exam the next day. Wang was later arrested, and the two laptops involved were seized and submitted as evidence.
The court found after trial that Wang, disregarding national law, illegally obtained state secrets through bribery, an act that violated criminal law and constituted the crime of illegally obtaining state secrets. She should be punished according to law. Given her truthful confession of the criminal facts, she was given a lighter punishment and a suspended sentence. The seized laptops, being tools used in the crime, were confiscated.
The author reminds everyone here that college entrance exam answers are state secrets. Both sellers and buyers of such answers are breaking the law.
Article 282 of China's Criminal Law stipulates: Whoever illegally obtains state secrets by stealing, spying, or bribing shall be sentenced to up to three years in prison, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights; if the circumstances are serious, the sentence shall be between three and seven years in prison. Whoever illegally holds documents, materials, or other items classified as top secret or secret and refuses to explain their source or use shall be sentenced to up to three years in prison, criminal detention, or public surveillance.