An auxiliary policeman from the Henan province in the center of China is looking for justice for his “stolen life” after having discovered that an imitator had appropriated his entrance exams at college 35 years ago to study in a medical school.
Xi Nan, 54, sat on the country’s university entry exams, known as Gaokao in 1990. He assumed that he had reached it, when he did not receive any admission notice. He then asked to join the local public security system where he was auxiliary police officer for 35 years.
But a lump sum examination of the staff of the city’s municipal health committee at the county of Mengzhou in 2022 had revealed that the identity of Xi had been stolen by a man who was then vice-president of a city hospital.
Although the impostor was rejected from his post and had his educational diplomas, including his medical college qualifications, revoked by the Health Commission in 2022, the case has not yet been referred to the judicial department of manipulation, XI declared the Chinese state media last week.
The people involved in identity theft have so far not been surveyed according to the law, which makes it difficult to let go, said XI on Modern Express. He is now pursuing legal action against the imitator for thwarting his dreams of going to medical college.
On April 22, Qinyang county officials announced that his municipal government and the municipal party committee had set up a joint team including the discipline inspection and supervision commission, the public security office and the education office, among other departments, to investigate the case.
Many cases of identity theft of students from rural and low -income backgrounds have been revealed in recent years, where Gaokao’s results – hailed in China as a great equalizer – have been used by those of richer and well -connected backgrounds to attend colleges and universities.
In 2018, a survey by Shandong province in eastern China found at least 242 cases of impostors who had stolen the identity of other students and used their Gaokao exam results to enter the colleges. Their diplomas, which they received from 2002 to 2009, were dismissed.
Similarly, in 2020, a woman from the Shandong province asked for justice after having discovered that an impostor had appropriated her entrance exam scores in 2004 to be admitted to a university. The same year, another Shandong woman said that her Gaokao results were used by an importer to enter a college in 1997.
This last case has aroused intense debate among Chinese Internet users on corruption and corruption in establishments, many of which noting that students from more disadvantaged environments suffer from the lack of transparency and equity in the system.
Guo Bin, a graduate of the University of Chongqing Publications and Telecommunications, said that “lower class” people who are intelligent and workers are deprived of the opportunities they deserve.
“This deprivation is not made by one person, but by people with power, such as local officials, police officers, assistant county and secretaries of political and legal committees,” Guo, who now lives in the United States, told RFA.
Already residents of the agricultural province of Henan, attribute the low first cycle admission rate for its students, at only 47%, to unfair policies that are fooled by the system against those from poorer rural environments. In comparison, 79% of Shanghai students and 77% in Beijing can expect the Gaokao to provide them with college.
Last year, around 1.36 million high school students took Gaokao in Henan, the greatest number of any province, city or region, in the hope of modifying their future with a university diploma.
As a campaign student, Xi Nan said he also believed that the entrance exam to college was his only way to realize his dreams. He had thought it was the fate he had failed for the exam, but never expected that someone stole his opportunity.
“It was like a blue bolt, and it is difficult to describe with words,” said Xi.
His impostor, Li Xi Nan, said that his father and uncle had managed his procedures for admission to the college at the time.
An examination in 2022 of the files of executives by the Mengzhou Municipal Health Commission revealed differences in the details provided by the imitator, Li XI Nan. They noted that the name, date of birth, parents’ names and study experience listed in the Lycée de Li Xi Nan registers did not correspond to those of its college registration form.
Several Internet users asked for why this last case had not been censored by the authorities, and if it was rather excited because the people involved had fallen into disgrace or angry with people in power.
Others asked who should be held responsible.
“This reflects that the Chinese totalitarian system is not subject to supervision or checks and counterweights, in particular with regard to powerful transactions and official transactions to businesses,” a current commentator living in the United States told RFA.
“The education system ends with managers to steal the opportunities of children from ordinary families and give them to children with officials. This is very common in China, ”added Chen.
Published by Tenzin Pema and Mat Pennington.