China's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday warned students against buying fake exam papers sold via the Internet, e-mail and text message ahead of the postgraduate recruitment exam.

 

The 2007 national postgraduate recruitment exam is on January 20-21, 2007. Approximately 1.282 million people have registered to sit it. The figure is slightly up on last year.

 

The MOE have told examinees not to take any notice of the exam papers and not to waste their money. They also said those found organizing or participating in cheating in the exam would be severely punished.

 

If gangs of cheats are discovered they'll be prosecuted, the MOE said.

 

(Xinhua News Agency December 13, 2006)