Scholars in hot soup for online antics

His comments escalated after he threatened to harm The Real Singapore editor Alex Tan Zhi Xiang in a post on his Facebook page. A Facebook page had been set up by citizens calling for NUS to revoke Sun Xu’s scholarship. Besides the fines, he had to pay back $8,200 in scholarship benefits and must complete and finance another semester. He also received an official reprimand from NUS.