Unsoed rector among suspects in admissions graft case
KPK previously arrested 14 people on Thursday evening during a sting operation, with 12 arrested in Purwokerto and two others arrested in Jakarta.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named six individuals in an alleged graft case involving student admissions at Jenderal Soedirman University (Unsoed) in Purwokerto, Central Java. The suspects include the university's rector, Akhmad Sodiq, vice rector for students' affairs, Norman Arie Yoga, and the head of the academic and students' affairs department, Eko Sumanto. Additionally, three private individuals - Dian Mulia Wardhana, Adhi Wiharto, and Mulyono - have been named as suspects.
KPK detained the suspects for 30 days, from Friday until September 9, at the Red and White Cooperative's Building detention center. Acting investigation director Ahmad Taufik Husein announced this during a press conference. KPK previously arrested 14 people on Thursday during a sting operation, with 12 apprehended in Purwokerto and two others in Jakarta.
The confiscated assets totaled Rp 665 million (US$37,677) in cash and Rp 99 million in bank accounts. Initially, the 12 people were questioned at the Banyumas City Police before KPK brought seven of them to Jakarta for further investigation. The two individuals arrested in Jakarta were also questioned there.
University security guards obstructed journalists from entering the officials' office on the rectorate building's second and third floors.
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