KPK Finds Money And Student Administration Documents When Searching The Chancellor's Luxury Home In The Unila Bribery Case

Luxurious house belonging to the Chancellor of Unila Karomani which was newly built in 2020 and occupied in July 2022/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found money and student administration documents from the University of Lampung (Unila). This finding was obtained when searching the house of the Chancellor of Unila Karomani and the house of a party suspected of being involved in bribery in accepting new students.

Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, said the search was carried out on Wednesday, August 24. The two houses that were searched were in the Lampung area.

"They were found and re-secured, including various documents related to student administration, electronic goods as well as some money in rupiah denominations and foreign currency denominations," Ali told reporters, Thursday, August 24.

This amount is still being calculated. All these findings, said Ali, will be analyzed and confiscated by investigators to shed light on the perpetrators' actions.

"The investigative team will analyze and confiscate the evidence to be included in the suspect's case file," he said.

Previously, the KPK named four suspects for alleged bribery of accepting new students at the University of Lampung in 2022. The determination of these suspects began with arresting operations carried out in Lampung, Bandung and Bali.

The suspects involved in this case are the Chancellor of the University of Lampung 2020-2024 Karomani; Vice Chancellor I for Academic Affairs, University of Lampung Heryandi; Chairman of the Senate of the University of Lampung Muhammad Basri; and private Andi Desfiandi.

In this case, Karomani allegedly set the price for prospective new students at his campus in the range of Rp. 100 million to Rp. 350 million when carrying out the Independent Selection for Entrance to the University of Lampung (Simanila). This request was made after Heryandi and Muhammad Basri personally selected the student's parents' ability to pay.

One of the families of the prospective Simanila participants, Andi, then took the initiative to pay after his family was accepted as a student because of Karomani's assistance. He then handed over Rp150 million in cash in Lampung which was taken by a lecturer, namely Mualimin.

From his actions, Karomani allegedly managed to collect Rp603 million from Mualimin which was then used for personal purposes amounting to Rp575 million.

Meanwhile, from Muhammad Basri and Budi Sutomo, who are the Head of the Planning and Public Relations Bureau at the University of Lampung, it is suspected that the total money received by Karomani reached Rp. 4.4 billion. This money is then transferred to savings deposits, gold bars, and some are still in cash.