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Shandong

19 accused in cheating plan

Police detained 18 college students and another person on suspicion of planning to help high school students cheat during the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, Shandong Network Radio-Television Station reported on Friday. The students were allegedly recruited by another suspect, surnamed Wang, and had planned to go to neighboring Henan province to help high school students cheat, police said. But the 18 students and Wang were caught in Jinan on Thursday before they boarded a bus for Henan, according to the report.