Today, Former Chancellor Of Unud Bali Undergoes Corruption Decision Trial For New Student Revenue Funds

The defendant former Chancellor of Udayana University I Nyoman Gde Antara underwent a verdict hearing at the Corruption Court, Denpasar, Bali, Thursday (22/2/2024). (ANTARA)

DENPASAR - Former Chancellor of Udayana University Prof. I Nyoman Gde Antara underwent a verdict hearing in a case of alleged corruption in institutional development donations (SPI) for new independent students in 2018-2022.

Quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 22, the defendant arrived at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Denpasar District Court, Bali, Thursday, at around 09.20 WITA.

Handcuffed and wearing an orange vest, Antara got out of the prisoner's car and went straight to the temporary detention room at the Denpasar Corruption Court.

Antara was reluctant to comment on today's trial. He just waved without saying a word.

Meanwhile, dozens of relatives and relatives of Antara have been seen since Thursday morning at the Denpasar Corruption Court to provide support for Antara.

The trial of the court's decision against Antara was closely guarded by Denpasar Police. The personnel on duty were seen on guard outside the Denpasar Corruption Building to examine the visitors who attended the trial.

Previously, in the trial of the prosecution, the public prosecutor (JPU) charged the defendant Antara with a prison sentence of six years.

The prosecutor stated that the defendant Nyoman Antara was legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption, as stipulated in Article 12 letter e jo. 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 concerning Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code jo. Article 65 of the Criminal Code as the second indictment.

Antara is also required to pay a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to three months in prison.

The Public Prosecutor assessed that the second indictment was more appropriate to prove the defendant's actions, where in the trial it had been clearly revealed that the SPI levy on prospective new students at Udayana University was one of the academic service rates that should have been set in the regulation of the finance minister.

However, in reality, the SPI or base money withdrawn is as determined as the BLU Unud service tariff as PKM 51/PMK.05/2015 and PMK 95/PMK.05/2022, and is only based on the rector's decision.

In fact, several study programs that should be in the rector's decision are not collected by the SPI, in fact, in its implementation they are still charged, so the levies become invalid.

In this case, Antara has the responsibility as the chairman of the organizing committee for the selection of new independent student admissions for the 2018/2019 academic year, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 and its capacity as the Chancellor of Unud in 2022/2023.

The total amount of SPI levies was Rp274,570,092,691, including from 347 prospective new students who chose a study program that was not included in the rector's decision at 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 SPI funds are stored in the RPL 037 BLU Unud accounts 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 Antara and other Unud officials, while collateral or collateral was 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.