Corruption Of IDR 335 Billion From New Student Admissions, Today Former Chancellor Of Unud Jalani Court Of Claims

Defendant Former Chancellor of Udayana University Prof. I Nyoman Gede Antara underwent a trial at the Corruption Court, Denpasar, Tuesday (23/1/2024) (ANTARA)

DENPASAR - Former Chancellor of Udayana University Prof. I Nyoman Gede Antara underwent a trial at the Corruption Court, Denpasar, regarding the corruption case in the institutional development donation fund (SPI) for accepting new students on an independent path.

The trial was held on Tuesday, January 23, Prof. Antara arrived at the Denpasar Corruption Building at around 10:00 WITA using a prisoner's car from the Class IIA Kerobokan Penitentiary, Badung.

Shortly before entering the courtroom, Prof. Antara said that he had carried out his duties and responsibilities as a rector at Udayana University, therefore he stated that there was no corruption in accepting new students on the independent path of Udayana University.

He also hopes that the trial for himself will run well.

"My friends and the other defendants are grateful, because the trial has been running smoothly. And hopefully we can get the essence of the judiciary," said Prof. Antara.

He assessed that the problem of institutional development donations was only an administrative problem, so it needed just administrative improvement.

"Everything we have done our best. In principle, we ask for the blessing of the community, and we convey it from the beginning in the BAP (reports of the examination event), we state that at Unud there has never been corruption. But, if there are things we need to improve administratively, administratively, administratively, governance, that's what we have to improve," he said.

He also asked for the support of the Balinese people to continue to play a role in the advancement of Udayana University.

"I ask for the blessing of the Balinese people, hopefully, Unud can still play his role as a trusted PT, print superior human resources in the future. I thank the public, the legal advisory team. We have conveyed everything objectively and as it is. Nothing is hidden. Make this case clear," concluded Antara.

Previously, the Bali High Prosecutor's Team (JPU) charged the man who was born on August 7, 1964 with a criminal threat as regulated in Article 2, Article 3, Article 9 and Article 12 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

In this case, Prof. Antara, who served as Chancellor of Udayana University for the period 2021-2023, played the role of Chair of the 2018-2020 Independent Line New Student Admission Committee.

The amount of state losses estimated from the Bali Prosecutor's statement reached Rp335 billion.

In the alleged corruption case, Prof. Antara has been named a defendant along with three other people, namely I Ketut Budiautawan (IKB), Nyoman Putra Sastra (NPS), and I Made Yusnantara (separate prosecution files).