Former Udayana Chancellor Sueded 6 Years In Prison

Defendant former Chancellor of Udayana University Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Gde Antara underwent a trial at the Corruption Court, Denpasar, Bali, Tuesday (23/1/2024). ANTARA/Rolandus Nampu

DENPASAR - Defendant former Chancellor of Udayana University (Unud) Bali Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Gde Antara was sentenced to 6 years in prison in connection with the corruption case of institutional development donations (SPI) in accepting new students in the selection of independent pathways for the 2018-2022 academic year.

"The defendant was sentenced to a prison sentence of six (6) years reduced while the defendant was in detention," said Public Prosecutor Nengah Astawa at the Denpasar Corruption Court as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 23.

The Public Prosecutor of Nengah Astawa and his friends stated that the defendant I Nyoman Gede Antara was proven legally and convincingly to have committed a criminal act of corruption as stipulated in the provisions of Article 12 letter e 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 in Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code jo. Article 65 of the Criminal Code as the second indictment.

In addition to corporal punishment, the Prosecutor also demanded Prof. Antara with a fine of Rp. 300 million with a subsidiary of three months in prison.

The Public Prosecutor assessed that the second indictment was more appropriate to prove the defendant's actions where the trial was clearly and clearly revealed that the SPI levy for prospective new students for the selection of Udayana University was one of the Academic service rates that should have been determined by the Minister of Finance Regulation.

However, the SPI levy for the defendant was not designated as the Unud BLU Service Tariff as stated in PMK 51/PMK.05/2015 and PMK95/PMK.05/2022, but only based on the decision of the Unud Chancellor.

In fact, said the Public Prosecutor, there are several study programs that are not subject to SPI based on the rector's decree, but are still subject to SPI levies on the website or registration system collected by SPI.

The defendant Nyoman Gde Antara is considered by the Public Prosecutor to have imposed SPI fees in his capacity as Chair of the Independent Line Selection Student Admission Team for the 2018/2019 academic year, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 as well as in his capacity as Chancellor of Unud for the 2022-2023 academic year.

The total amount of SPI levies is Rp274,570,092,691, including 347 prospective new students who chose a study program that was not included in the Chancellor's Decree of Udayana University with a total levy value of Rp4,002,452,100.

The prosecutor explained that the money collected from the SPI levy should have been used for the construction of facilities and infrastructure, but in this case the SPI levy was not deposited as a short-term investment.

The money was deposited in the RPL 037 BLU Unud checking account mixed with other Unud revenues with a period of between three and four years on partner banks, including Bank BTN Rp50 billion, Bank BPD Bali Rp70 billion, Bank Mandiri Rp30 billion and Bank BNI more than Rp100 billion.

The money was used as collateral by the defendant Nyoman Gde Antara, the defendant's wife and other Unud officials, while guarantees or collateral were used to obtain vehicle facilities.

As a result, most students do not benefit from the SPI levy, because the facilities and infrastructure at Unud which are one of the requirements for minimum service standards in teaching and learning activities are still very minimal, inadequate and many are damaged.

"Article 12 letter of the Anti-Corruption Law does not require state financial losses, so that the accumulated money is not proven as a state financial loss," said the prosecutor.