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        "msgid": "alleged-sexual-harassment-in-ugm-engineering-students-chat-group-goes-viral-1790603469",
        "date": "2026-09-28 19:37:15",
        "title": "Alleged Sexual Harassment in UGM Engineering Students' Chat Group Goes Viral",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_JOGJA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Screenshots of a chat group involving students from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) have surfaced, showing alleged sexual harassment. The Faculty of Engineering at UGM has issued a formal statement condemning the online gender-based violence and committing to a transparent investigation.",
        "content": "<p>Screenshots from a chat group belonging to students in the Department\nof Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (DTETI) at the\nFaculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), have gone viral\non social media. In the circulating screenshots, the conversation\nbetween students appears to involve sexual harassment directed at a\nfemale student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreads users, it is sad because the virality of the FH UI case\nchanged nothing\u2026 turning women into sexual objects, how can they be so\nbrazen in harassing women? It has happened again at UGM with different\nindividuals. Please help boost this!!\u201d wrote the Threads account <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"hmart_lw\">@hmart_lw<\/span>, as reported on\nMonday (28\/9\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>In the uploaded screenshots, conversations between several students\nwere seen including sensitive words that demeaned female body parts. The\npost has since been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Faculty of Engineering (FT) UGM and DTETI UGM have\nissued a formal statement via their official Instagram accounts. The\nstatement, which was authorised for quotation, reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSTATEMENT OF POSITION FROM THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITAS\nGADJAH MADA (FT UGM). Regarding the occurrence of Online Gender-Based\nViolence (KBGO) involving students, FT UGM declares the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>FT UGM deeply regrets and strongly condemns the occurrence of\nonline gender-based violence within the academic community. Such actions\ncontradict the moral values, ethics, and integrity held by educated\nindividuals.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>FT UGM is fully committed to standing with the victim, as well as\nensuring the availability of assistance, protection, and a sense of\nsecurity for the victim throughout the resolution process.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p>FT UGM is actively monitoring and encouraging the handling of\nthis case to ensure it is resolved fairly, objectively, transparently,\nand accountably, in accordance with the regulations and disciplinary\nmechanisms applicable at UGM. Sanctions will be imposed on the\nperpetrators fairly.\u201d<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked for confirmation, the Chairperson of the UGM Task Force\nfor the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (PPKS), Prof.\u00a0Dra.\nRaden Ajeng Yayi Suryo Prabandari, stated that the university is\ncurrently in the process of investigating the alleged sexual harassment\ncase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for contacting me and for your attention; the case is\ncurrently being processed by the task force in conjunction with the\nuniversity,\u201d Yayi told reporters via text message on Monday (28\/9).<\/p>\n<p>Separately, UGM spokesperson Dr I Made Andi Arsana expressed similar\nsentiments. He noted that the university is conducting an investigation\nand will provide further statements in due course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUGM is taking careful and cautious steps to investigate this case of\nonline gender-based violence. The Faculty of Engineering has already\nissued a statement of position. Coordination with relevant parties is\nbeing carried out effectively to ensure the steps taken are appropriate.\nWe will provide updates at the earliest opportunity,\u201d said Made via text\nmessage.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/alleged-sexual-harassment-in-ugm-engineering-students-chat-group-goes-viral-1790603469",
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