Man arrested over suspected group cheating on TOEIC English test
Tokyo police have arrested a Chinese national over a suspected attempt to take an English proficiency test under a false name. The police suspect that he attempted to give answers to other examinees through a small microphone hidden under a face mask he was wearing.
Wang Likun, a 27-year-old graduate student of Kyoto University in western Japan, was arrested in Tokyo on Sunday.
The police said the suspect allegedly tried to take the Test of English for International Communication, or TOEIC, at a venue in Tokyo under a different person's name. He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
Police were on the alert at the time after receiving information from the test organizer that an individual identified as the same person had taken the exam repeatedly under different names each time.
They said the suspect told them that someone offered to pay him to take the exam while he was looking for a part-time job. They suspect that he may have engaged in similar practices before.
Police say that in the room where the suspect was scheduled to take the test, about 30 percent of the examinees did not show up. They suspect that a wider cheating scheme involving others may have been planned as well, with the arrested person possibly tasked with sharing answers with them.
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