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13 Parents and Businessman Sentenced to Up to 14 Months in Jail for Bribing ESF Employee

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 13 parents and a businessman to up to 14 months in jail for offering bribes to secure school placements. The guilty parents accused the former ESF employee of taking advantage of their eagerness to enroll their children.

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