It Was The Turn Of 3 State Campus In Aceh, Riau And Banten To Be Searched By The KPK For Corruption, The Unila Inactive Chancellor

KPK officers confiscated a number of evidences at the house of the inactive Unila Chancellor (Photo: ANTARA DOC)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has secured documents and electronic evidence related to allegations of corruption in the acceptance of new students after searches at three state universities (PTN). Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said the search was carried out in the investigation into the alleged bribery case of accepting new student candidates from Lampung University (Unila) in 2022 that ensnared the inactive Chancellor of Unila, Karomani (KRM) and his friends as suspects. "The evidence found and secured are various documents and electronic evidence related to the acceptance of new students, including student selection with an affirmative and cooperative route," said Ali Fikri in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, October 10. The search of three PTNs was carried out from 26 to 7 October 2022 at Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University Banten, Riau Pekanbaru University, and Syiah Kuala University Banda Aceh. The searches locations in the three PTNs include the rector's office and several other rooms. "Evidence in question will be analyzed and confiscated and confirmed again with witnesses and suspects to complete the case file," said Ali. Previously, the KPK examined the Chancellor of Sultan Ageng University, Tirtayasa Banten Fatah Sulaiman as a witness in the investigation into the alleged bribery case for accepting new students at the Bandarlampung Police Building, Friday (30/9). From the Fatah examination, the KPK explored the position of witness as the Chair of the Mandiri Selection for State Universities (SMMPTN) for the West Region and the coordination he had made with the suspect Karomani to prepare for the selection process for new students at Unila. In the alleged bribery case in Unila, the KPK has named four suspects, consisting of three as bribe recipients, namely Karomani, Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs Unila Heryandi (HY), and Senate Chairman Unila Muhammad Basri (MB); while the suspect as the bribe giver is the private party Andi Desfiandi (AD). In the construction of the case, the KPK explained that the suspect Karomani, who served as Chancellor of Unila for the 2020-2024 period, had the authority regarding the Mandiri Excise mechanism for entering Lampung University (Simanila) for the 2022 Academic Year. During the Simanila 2022 process, the KPK suspected that the suspect Karomani was actively involved in determining the graduation by ordering the suspect HY, suspect MB, and the Head of the Planning and Public Relations Bureau of Unila Budi Sutomo to select "personal" related to the ability of the student's parents. If you want to pass, prospective students can be "assisted" by handing over an amount of money in addition to the official money that is set and paid to the university. In addition, the suspect Karomani is also suspected of providing special roles and tasks for HY, MB, and Budi Sutomo to collect some money from the parents of prospective new students. The amount of money varies from Rp. 100 million to Rp. 350 million for each parent of a new student candidate who wants to be smoothed out. All the money collected by the suspect Karomani through a lecturer named Mualimin from the parents of the prospective student amounted to Rp603 million and had been used for Karomani's personal needs of around Rp575 million. The KPK also found that Karomani received a sum of money through Budi Sutomo and MB from the parents of prospective students. The money has been transferred to deposit savings, gold bullion, and is still stored in cash, with a total of around Rp. 4.4 billion.