A team comprising members of the Hubei provincial nationalities and religious affairs committee and the Jingzhou nationalities and religious affairs bureau is investigating the authenticity and legitimacy of minority students for college enrollment.

"We will propose that educational authorities revoke the preferential treatment to students found to have illegally changed their nationality status and the discipline inspection and supervision departments punish the guilty," Tan Hui, director of Hubei provincial nationalities and religious affairs committee, said.

Last week, a local newspaper received a letter from residents challenging a list of 103 students from Shishou city and Jianli county who received an extra 10 marks in this year's college enrollment exam. The residents claimed they were not minority students.