When the new semester started in September, one student from Ganzhou, east China’s Jiangxi Province will not go to school like others.

Liu Wenzhan, a 16-year-old student who was supposed to start his second year of high school at Yudu Experimental Middle School, has been forced out of school after reporting the school’s charge for classes in addition to the regular curriculum.

According to Beijing Youth Daily, starting March 7, Liu continuously wrote to various departments reporting that the school has been charging students for giving extra classes on Saturday morning and Sunday. But after half a year, the school is still doing the same.

To Liu’s surprise, a few days later, the teacher in charge of his class, surnamed Lai, found him and hinted that the school had reported him. Liu then realized his personal information was leaked and wrote the second letter accusing the local education bureau of suspected information leakage as well as “allowing the school to violate regulations”.

In response, the education bureau on March 16 said they had verified the claim that the school offered extra lessons to be "basically true", but it didn’t find the school charged tuition fees.

Liu said he was "not satisfied" with the reply. He kept reporting weekly, both online and offline.

Before the beginning of this semester, Liu’s mother received a message from Lai, "We received the school's notice that Liu Wenzhan's registration won’t be accepted the next semester. Please transfer to another school."

The school later replied that it was an individual move by the teacher and that they wanted Liu to return to school, reported Beijing Youth Daily.

Until now, Liu refused to go back.

Many didn’t understand why Liu, who was actually exempt from all the tuition fees for textbooks and extra courses, due to his high academic performance, was so persistent in reporting the school. He told Beijing Youth Daily that the county where they lived was poverty-stricken and the extra fee, which was 400 yuan (approximately 61 US dollars) each semester, would be a great burden and that some students would quit school. He also mentioned that the school never invoiced.

Without a comrade, Liu didn’t blame his classmates.

“The teachers in charge of my class and the first-grade, as well as the principal constantly harassed and threatened me and my mother through meetings and phone calls. They have witnessed my experience, so they must have [some] worries. They [might] be afraid,” he added. “But if someone wants to report it, I'll teach him how."

Currently, Lai has been dismissed by the school, an act Liu called “scapegoating”.