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        "id": 1985601,
        "msgid": "corruption-at-state-university-independent-student-admissions-1789638733",
        "date": "2026-09-17 16:23:17",
        "title": "Corruption at State University Independent Student Admissions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology has ordered a comprehensive review of independent student admission tracks following a corruption scandal. The move follows the arrest of the Rector of Jenderal Soedirman University by the KPK for allegedly extorting prospective students through illegal fees.",
        "content": "<p>Corruption at State University Independent Student Admissions<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<p>September 17, 2026 | 04:23 pm<\/p>\n<p>TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The order came directly from Higher Education,\nScience, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto. He asked his team to\nprepare mitigation measures and a review to ensure that illegal fees in\nthe independent track for state university student admissions do not\nhappen again.<\/p>\n<p>Brian also asked his staff to evaluate the independent admission\ntrack at state universities. The move followed the arrest of Jenderal\nSoedirman University (Unsoed) Rector Akhmad Sodiq in Banyumas, Central\nJava, on Thursday, August 20, 2026. \u201cHopefully, it will be completed\nwithin a month because we need to move quickly,\u201d said Tarzan Basaruddin,\nExpert Staff to the Higher Education Minister, on Wednesday, September\n9.<\/p>\n<p>The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Sodiq and his\nsubordinates on suspicion of extorting parents of prospective students\nplanning to enter the university through the independent track.\nApplicants seeking admission had to pay additional sums of money. The\npayments were separate from the institutional development fee (IPI)\u2014a\nform of mandatory contribution\u2014already set by the university.<\/p>\n<p>Sodiq allegedly used intermediaries to receive the gratuities. He\nused money from prospective students to purchase assets. \u201cHe ordered\nother people to buy three plots of land,\u201d said Achmad Taufik Husein,\nacting Director of Investigations at the KPK.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/corruption-at-state-university-independent-student-admissions-1789638733",
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