Saber Pungli West Java OTT Principal As Well As Representative Of SMKN 5 Bandung, Rp 40 Million More Than Students Were Also Arrested

BANDUNG - The West Java Sweeping Illegal Charges Task Force (Saber Pungli) conducted a hand arrest operation (OTT) against the Principal of SMKN 5 Bandung related to allegations of extortion during the admission of new students (PPDB).

Public Relations of the West Java Saber Extortion Task Force Yudi Ahadiat said the OTT was after a complaint from the student's parents. The team then moved to conduct a surprise inspection of the school.

"Starting from public complaints from parents who objected to the existence of a deposit, scout money. In fact, the scouts are still long, on July 20, 2022," said Yudi in Bandung, West Java, as reported by Antara, Thursday, June 23. .

The team secured the principal of SMKN 5 Bandung with the initials DN, the deputy principal with the initials EB, TTG and AT as contract employees, and TS as the operator.

They, he said, were members of the PPDB committee. From the hands of the PPDB committee, according to him, the money found was Rp. 40,750,000.00.

He said the money came from a deposit or donation of Rp. 23,700,000.00 and a scout fee of Rp. 17,250,000.00. In fact, he said, this is not allowed to be applied to new students.

"Well, Rp 40 million is from 44 parents if I'm not mistaken. However, not all of them have been paid," said Yudi.

According to him, the modus operandi allegedly carried out by the arrested PPDB committee was to make an announcement to the parents of students regarding the existence of donations for school buildings that needed to be paid.

The donation is Rp. 3 million per student, while the scout fee is Rp. 550 thousand/student. "The results of the deepening of this case will be brought to the trial court," he said.