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Hong Kong judge Wilson Chan reprimanded again for plagiarism

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Hong Kong High Court judge Wilson Chan will receive a second serious reprimand from Chief Justice Andrew Cheung for plagiarism. This marks at least the sixth instance of extensive copying by Chan, who previously plagiarized large portions of submissions for a judgment. The judiciary has adjusted Chan's duties to criminal cases not requiring written judgments due to his repeated offenses. AI

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Hong Kong judge Wilson Chan reprimanded again for plagiarism

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Connor Mycroft ·

    Hong Kong High Court judge Wilson Chan to be reprimanded again for plagiarism

    Hong Kong’s chief justice will once again reprimand a High Court judge and require him to undergo training after he was found to have plagiarised large swathes of submissions for a judgment, in what is at least the sixth instance of extensive copying. In a response to the South C…

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