2 Luxury Houses Belonging To The Chancellor Of The University Of Lampung Karomani Which Were Searched By The KPK, Standing On 1,100 Square Meters Of Land

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a follow-up search of two houses belonging to the Chancellor of the University of Lampung (Unila) Karomani who were caught in a bribery case for accepting new students in 2022.

Two houses were searched, namely, the residence with the address at Jalan Sultan Haji 1, Kedaton District and Jalan Komarrudin, Rajabasa District, Bandarlampung City.

The information gathered is that the house with the address at Jalan Sultan Haji is Karomani's old residence. And the location of the house in Kedaton District is KRM's new house which is quite luxurious and magnificent.

Monitoring at the location of Karomani's luxury home, Wednesday, August 24, the KPK Investigative Team is still conducting searches, with a number of police officers securing it and accompanied by the village head and the local RT.

The search by the KPK Team at the house took place at 09.30 WIB until this news was revealed.

It was observed from a distance that the KPK Investigative Team had brought two large suitcases into the house. Karomani's house has a high fence ranging from 2 to 2.5 meters and the gate is about 3 meters high.

"Yes, from this morning it was seen that a number of cars had entered the luxury house, some were coming out," said Ansori, a local resident as quoted by Antara.

He said the large and luxurious house stands on a land that has an area of about 1,100 square meters which he bought in 2019.

"As far as I know, it was bought in 2019, the construction of the house in 2022 and 2022 was finished. Then in July in 2022 it was only occupied," he said.

Last Monday, the KPK conducted a search of the Rectorate Building of the University of Lampung (Unila). Tuesday, August 23 carried out searches in three faculties, namely FKIP, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Unila Chancellor Prof Karomani, Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs Heriyandi, Senate Chair M Basri and Andi Desfiandi as suspects in the alleged bribery case of accepting new student candidates at the University of Lampung in 2022.

The assets of the Chancellor of the University of Lampung, Prof. Karomani, which were released by the KPK on the page of the State Organizers Wealth Report (LHKPN) for the 2021 period, which were reported in March 2022, had a total assets of IDR 3.18 billion.

Karomani's total assets consist of land and buildings of Rp.874.31 million, transportation equipment and machinery of Rp.103 million and other movable assets of Rp.91.1 million.

Then, cash and cash equivalents amounted to Rp. 2.59 billion, with the debt owned by the Rector of Unila amounting to Rp. 476.86 million. So that the total assets of Prof. Karomani is IDR 3.18 billion.

The value of this wealth has increased by Rp. 711 when compared to the LHKPN Karomani report in the 2020 period which was reported in February 2021 of Rp. 2.47 billion.