Celebrity English tutor K.Oten arrested; Customs raids see eight people detained over alleged exam copyright infringements

Elaine Yau, Tanna Chong & Phyllis Tsang:

Celebrity English tutor Karson Oten Fan Karno, also known as K. Oten, was arrested for suspected infringement of copyright of public examination papers along with seven people in a raid by customs officers on tutorial centres.

K. Oten and the tutorial company through which he delivered video lessons both denied they had breached copyright rules in offering lessons to around 60 Form Six students at two centres in Admiralty and Yau Ma Tei.

The tutorial firm, Advanced Contemporary Education Centre, said yesterday it had never copied exam papers. "The handouts used in tutorial classes offered by us were written, printed and distributed to students by the tutors themselves," it said.

It had suspended classes taught by Oten and refunded cash to students. It said it would reserve the right to pursue damages.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 10, 2010 1:07 AM
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