Received A Bribe Of IDR 830 Million, The Deputy Dean And Chair Of The Political Science Study Program At UIN Walisongo Semarang Were Removed

UIN Walisongo Semarang Chancellor Imam Taufik after being a witness in a trial at the Semarang Corruption Court, Monday. (AMONG)

SEMARANG - The Chancellor of the Walisongo State Islamic University (UIN) Semarang Imam Taufik has imposed sanctions on all officials at universities related to the alleged bribery of the village apparatus selection process in Gajah District, Demak Regency, Central Java.

According to Imam when he was examined as a witness for the alleged bribery trial in the selection of village officials in the Gajah District, Demak Regency, at the Semarang Corruption Court, the sanctions imposed were based on the recommendations of the case investigation team that he formed.

"We have implemented all the recommendations of the investigative team 100 percent," he said during the trial, quoted from Antara, Monday, August 29.

There were several structural officials at UIN Semarang who were sanctioned, including two defendants, Amin Farih and Adib. Amin Farih was removed from his position as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP), while the defendant Adib was removed from his position as Chair of the Political Science Study Program.

The two other officials who were also sanctioned in the violation were the Dean of FISIP UIN Semarang, Misbah Zulfa Elisabeth and the Deputy Dean of FISIP UIN Semarang, Tholkathul Khoir.

"From a supervisory perspective, the dean cannot strictly supervise the implementation of the selection exam," he said in the trial chaired by Chief Justice Arkanu.

In the recommendation, it was also stated that the Rp830 million, which was suspected of being a bribe, should be returned.

In addition, he said, the results of the investigation also revealed that there was a request to pass 16 CAT exam participants in the selection of village officials.

"There are 16 participants whose scores are quite high, the difference is very far from the other participants. So there is an indication of question leakage," he said.

He added that the alleged bribery of two UIN Semarang lecturers was revealed during the CAT exam for village apparatus selection in Gajah District, Demak Regency, in December 2022.

The Chancellor was suspicious of a number of test takers who completed the exam in a short time and obtained high enough results.

Imam also asked that the implementation of the CAT test on the candidates for village officials be repeated because it was considered legally flawed.

Meanwhile, another witness, UIN Semarang Deputy Chancellor Abdul Kholik, who served as the Head of the Investigation Team, confirmed the sanctions imposed.

The sanctions to the dean and deputy dean of FISIP UIN Semarang, he said, were in the form of allowances for several months.

Both, he said, were deemed not to have carried out strict supervision in the village apparatus selection process.

Previously, two FISIP lecturers at UIN Walisongo Semarang, were tried on suspicion of accepting bribes in the selection of village officials in Gajah Subdistrict, Demak Regency, amounting to Rp. 830 million.

The two defendants are Amin Farih who is the Deputy Dean of FISIP UIN Semarang and Adib who serves as Chair of the Political Science Study Program at UIN Semarang.