KPK Prosecutors Demand Former Vice Chancellor 1 And Head Of Unila Senate 5 Years In Prison

Defendants, former Deputy Chancellor I Heryandi (left) and Senate Chairperson M Basri (right) while listening to a hearing on demands for the bribery case for accepting new students at Unila in 2022. Bandarlampung, Thursday (27/4/2023). (ANTARA/Dian Hadiyatna)

BANDAR LAMPUNG - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has demanded that the defendants in the 2022 Lampung University (Unila) new student admissions case, namely former Vice Chancellor I Heryandi and Senate Chair M Basri each spend five years in prison.

The charges were read out by the KPK prosecutor Widya Hari Sutanto in a trial for reading the charges before the Panel of Judges led by Chief Judge Efiyanto, at the Tanjungkarang District Court (PN), Lampung, Thursday, April 27.

"In this case, the public prosecutor has asked the panel of judges to order the defendant Heryandi and M Basri to be sentenced to five years each because they have been legally and convincingly proven to have committed several criminal acts together," the KPK prosecutor said.

"Sentenced a sentence against Defendant 1 Heryandi and Defendant M Basri in the form of imprisonment for five years each and a fine of IDR 200 million, subsidiary of 2 months in prison," he said.

The KPK prosecutor also demanded that defendant Heryandi be subject to an additional penalty of IDR 300 million and defendant M Basri of IDR 150 million or be replaced with a prison term of three years

"On the condition that if the defendant does not pay within one month after the court's decision has permanent legal force, his property can be confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned off to cover the replacement money. If it is not sufficient, the prison sentence for three years is calculated with the evidence confiscated by the state," he added.

Previously the KPK prosecutor had also read out his charges to the defendant Karomani, the former Chancellor of Unila was demanded 12 years in prison and a fine of IDR 500 million, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison.

In the follow-up trial of the Unila PMB case at the Tanjungkarang District Court, three defendants namely Karomani, M Basri, and Heryandi underwent a trial of charges. Where the former Chancellor of Unila Karomani first listened to the demands of the prosecutor, then afterward the demands would be read out for M Basri and Heryandi.

Karomani along with two other defendants, namely former Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs Unila Heryandi and former Head of the Unila Senate Muhammad Basri were also accused in the case of alleged acceptance of Unila PMB bribes in 2022.

In this case, the KPK named four suspects consisting of three people as bribe recipients, namely Karomani, Heryandi, and Muhammad Basri.

Meanwhile, the suspect in giving bribes is a private party, namely Andi Desfiandi has been sentenced by a panel of judges.