Student admits forging reference letter for PhD place at Education University

A student has admitted forging a reference letter to secure admission to a doctoral programme at a university in Hong Kong, after repeatedly failing to secure a place despite high hopes for her academic career. Fanling Court heard on Monday that 31-year-old Li Zuer from mainland China pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining services by deception. She commissioned a Shenzhen-based agent to rewrite a reference letter endorsing her academic performance and falsely claimed it had been submitted…