Curtin University: Malaysian lecturer pleads guilty to taking bribes for marks


MELBOURNE: A Malaysian former university lecturer has pleaded guilty to increasing the exam marks of students who should have failed at Western Australia's Curtin University.

Foong Tuck Cheong, 54, pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrates Court on Monday to three charges of corruption and two counts of bribery following a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into offences committed in 2012, the Australian Associated Press reported.

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