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Singaporean caught in Aussie con people become doctor
A SINGAPOREAN man has been arrested in Australia for using a fake degree to masquerade as a doctor.
The 29-year-old is believed to have dropped-out of the University of Adelaide's medical programme. But his lack of proper qualifications did not stop him from getting an internship last May at the Alice Springs Hospital, where he worked until his arrest on Wednesday.
His elaborate con job finally came to light when senior doctors supervising him at the hospital became concerned about his performance.
Checks with the University of Adelaide showed that, contrary to what he said, he did not have a medical degree from the institution.
The hospital then alerted the Northern Territory Police.
'We can confirm that the man arrested is a 29-year-old Singapore national,' a police spokesman told The Straits Times on Friday.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.
A SINGAPOREAN man has been arrested in Australia for using a fake degree to masquerade as a doctor.
The 29-year-old is believed to have dropped-out of the University of Adelaide's medical programme. But his lack of proper qualifications did not stop him from getting an internship last May at the Alice Springs Hospital, where he worked until his arrest on Wednesday.
His elaborate con job finally came to light when senior doctors supervising him at the hospital became concerned about his performance.
Checks with the University of Adelaide showed that, contrary to what he said, he did not have a medical degree from the institution.
The hospital then alerted the Northern Territory Police.
'We can confirm that the man arrested is a 29-year-old Singapore national,' a police spokesman told The Straits Times on Friday.
Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.