The witness in the bribery case for accepting a new student (PMB) from Lampung University (Unila) Asep Sukohar admitted that he received Rp800 million from the people who entrusted his relatives to be transferred to the university.
"In total I received Rp800 million, but what was given to the Chancellor (Karomani, ed) was Rp650 million," said Asep Sukohar, at the trial of proving the PMB Unila bribery case, at the Tanjungkarang Corruption Court, Bandarlampung, Tuesday, January 17, was confiscated by Antara.
He said the money was obtained from his friend at the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Lampung who wanted his son to enter Unila in the amount of Rp. 350 million, then Rp. 300 million from the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Unila, and Rp. 150 million from neighbors who also wanted to entrust their children to enter Unila.
"The money from my friend at IDI Lampung, which was Rp. 350 million, was received by cash twice. First, Rp. 300 million and the second was Rp. 50 million. At the first receipt, I reported it to the Chancellor (Karomani, ed) that there was money used for the health team. NU Congress there was a discussion then the Chancellor said yes, just take Rp. 100 million," he said.
Then, during the trial, Asep revealed that he used bribes deposited by PMB from his neighbor in the amount of Rp. 50 million for the benefit of the NU Lampung Doctors Association (PD).
"So after Unila's announcement, my neighbor came to say thank you and gave the first stage of Rp. 100 million, then the second stage was Rp. 50 million, followed by the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine handing over Rp. 300 million," he said.
He admitted that of the two people, they collected Rp450 million.
"Of the total Rp450 million, only Rp400 million was deposited with Karomani through Budi Sutomo, and I gave Rp50 million for the benefit of the Nahdlatul Ulama Doctors Association," he said.
He said the collection of money was based on orders from Karomani as the Chancellor of Unila at that time who wanted to build the Lampung Nahdliyin Center (LNC) building.
"So the Chancellor once spoke to me like this. Kang, can help, it is building an LNC, then I ask? What does it mean to help the Chancellor? Help with funds, then I ask again what funds? The Chancellor is looking for it," he said again.
Three Vice Chancellors (Warek) Unila witnessed the three defendants in the 2022 PMB Unila bribery case.
The three warek who witnessed, namely Warek II Unila for General Administration and Finance Prof. Asep Sukohar, Warek III for Student Affairs and Alumni Prof. Yulianto, and Warek IV for Planning, Cooperation, and Information and Communication Technology at the University of Lampung Prof. Suharso.
The defendant Unila Chancellor, Prof. Karomani, underwent a trial with other defendants, namely Heryandi as Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs Unila and M Basri as Chair of the Unila Senate.
In this case, the KPK has named four suspects consisting of three as recipients of bribes, namely the inactive Unila Chancellor Karomani, Unila Academic Division Warek I Heryandi, and Senate Chair Muhammad Basri.
Meanwhile, the suspect who gave the bribe was the private sector, namely Andi Desfiandi, who is currently a defendant and is still in the process of undergoing trial.
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