The Sentence Of The Semarang Undip Anesthesiology Province Is Increased To 4 Years In Prison

The defendant in the case of extortion of students of the Anesthesi Specialist Doctors Education Program (PPDS) Diponegoro University (Undip), Taufik Eko Nugroho/ANTARA PHOTO/Makna Zaezar/tom.

The Central Java High Court has increased the sentence of the Head of the Anesthesiology Study Program of the Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro SemarangTaufik University, Eko Nugroho, to 4 years in prison in a case of extortion against students of the Specialist Doctors Education Program (PPDS) in the period 2018'2023.

Semarang District Court spokesman Hadi Sunoto confirmed the appeal of the case whose copy of the verdict had been received by the Semarang District Court.

"A copy has been received, decided more severely than the first instance court," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, December 11.

The Central Java High Court sentenced Taufik Eko Nugroho to 4 years in prison. The sentence was heavier than the Semarang District Court's decision for 2 years in prison.

Against the appeal decision, the convict Taufik then filed an appeal. "The appeal request has been submitted, still waiting for the delivery of the cassation memory," he added.

Previously, the Head of the Anesthesiology Study Program of the Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro Semarang University, Taufik Eko Nugroho, was sentenced to 2 years in prison in the case of extortion against the college PPDS student from 2018 to 2023.

The verdict is lighter than the demands of the public prosecutor for 3 years in prison.

Taufik was proven to have ordered PPDS anesthesia students to deposit a sum of money which was referred to as the operational cost of education.

The defendant's actions were judged to have a hierarchical power relationship which resulted in the doctor's refusal to refuse the collection of money intended for the purpose of the exam.

The total money collected during the period 2018 to 2023 reached IDR 2.49 billion.