Still Looking For Evidence In The Case Of A Bribe For Maba's Acceptance, Detention Of The Unial Chancellor Extended By The KPK A Month

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has extended the detention of the inactive Lampung University (Unila) Chancellor for 30 days. The detention extension was carried out based on the decision of the Corruption Court at the Tanjung Karang District Court. "With the continued collection of evidence to complete the investigation case file, the Investigative Team based on the determination of the Head of the Corruption Court at the Tanjung Karang District Court has extended the detention period for the suspect KRM et al," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, November 21. Karomani will then be detained until December 17. In addition, the KPK also extended the detention period for Deputy Chancellor I for Academic Affairs Unila Heryandi and Senate Chairperson Unila Muhammad Basri with the same time limit. Ali said the three were being held in different detention centers. "KRM is being held at the detention center in the Merah Putih building. Meanwhile, HY and MB are being held at the detention center at Pomdam Jaya Guntur," he said. The KPK has named four suspects in the alleged bribery of accepting new students at the University of Lampung in 2022. The determination of this suspect began with a hand arrest operation 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 of Lampung University Heryandi; Senate Chair of Lampung University Muhammad Basri; and private Andi Desfiandi. In this case, Karomani allegedly set a price for prospective new students on campus with a range of Rp. 100 million to Rp. 350 million while carrying out the Independent Selection to Enter Lampung University (Simanila). This request was made after Heryandi and Muhammad Basri personally selected the ability of parents to pay. From his actions, Karomani allegedly managed to collect Rp603 million from a lecturer named Mualimin. Furthermore, he used the money he received 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 of the University of Lampung, it is suspected that the total money received by Karomani reached Rp4.4 billion. This money was later transferred to deposit savings, gold bars, and some were still in the form of cash.