Member Of The House Of Representatives Utut Adianto Full Of KPK Calls In The Unila Chancellor's Bribery Case

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Utut Adianto Photo: Grace/mr

The head of the PDIP faction, Utut Adianto, has fulfilled the summons of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators as a witness regarding the alleged bribery of accepting new students who ensnared the Chancellor of the University of Lampung (Unila), Karomani.

"Currently the witness has been present," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, November 25.

Utut was actually questioned on Thursday, November 4 yesterday. However, the President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Zone 3.3 Asia is invisible.

In addition, there were other witnesses who were also questioned by KPK investigators. They are private employees, Mustopa Endi Saputra Hasibuan and a trader named Uum Marlia.

Ali did not specify what would be investigated by Utut and other witnesses. However, their statements are believed to have made light of the alleged bribery received by Karomani.

In this case, the KPK named four suspects. The determination began with a hand arrest operation (OTT) 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 when carrying out the Selection of Independent Entrance of Lampung University (Simanila).

This request was made after Heryandi and Muhammad Basri personally selected the ability of parents of students 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.