BRIN Denies Allegations Of Insulting Nikuba's Inventors To Italy

JAKARTA - The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has dismissed allegations about the whereabouts of his party who followed the inventor of Nikuba, Aryanto Misel, to a number of parties in Italy.

"Incidentally it came to Italy, at the invitation of the same partner, with different technologies. It has nothing to do with Nikuba," said Head of the BRIN Haznan Manufacturing and Energy Research Organization Abimanyu as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 14.

His party came to Italy to collaborate on electric motorcycles with one of the automotive companies from "Pizza Country" -as Italy - -.

Regarding Aryanto Misel's presence in Italy, Haznan said this was not an invitation from the head of a local automotive company.

"What invites is not an automotive company, but our partners who invite to meet the company leadership there," he said.

Previously, it had gone viral in various media related to allegations of BRIN's attempt to follow Aryanto Misel.

Haznan said BRIN partners also brought Aryanto Misel to Italy to be able to present his technology to automotive companies in that place.

"So there is not necessarily cooperation," he said.

The existence of BRIN together with Aryanto Misel in Italy, he said, was a coincidence and not in an attempt to follow or spy.

Meanwhile, Director of Research and Innovation Utilization of Ministries / Institutions, Communities, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises BRIN Dadan Nugraha said BRIN supports broad community innovation, because innovation is not an exclusive right for scientists.

"BRIN appreciates the discovery of the community so that there is a special program to facilitate discoveries born to the community called the Grass Root Innovation Facilitation Program," he said.