SEVERAL agents who were supposed to recruit students for private school Harriet Educational Group have filed reports with the police complaining about the practices of the Tanjong Pagar institution.

These agents said they each gave the school between $20,000 and $50,000 for training and a licence that would allow them to sign up foreign and local students.

Gripe about ads' 'inaccurate' info ONE common complaint that surfaced in some of the police reports was that Harriet Educational Group included inaccurate information in newspaper advertisements. An ad in July, for instance, featured agents saying they earned between $10,000 and $30,000 a month. Their full names, photographs and contact numbers were listed as well. ... more

However, some saw their services terminated within a year, causing them to lose their investments.

Now, at least nine of these agents, called international student consultants or country managers, have lodged police reports against the school.

When contacted, Harriet chief executive James Chua brushed aside the complaints, saying 'anyone can make a police report'.

Read the full story in The Straits Times today.