'Graduates' fess up to buying titles
'Graduates' fess up to buying titles
JAKARTA: Police on Wednesday were questioning four recipients
of phony academic titles from an outfit calling itself Institut
Manajemen Global Indonesia (IMGI) who had paid up to Rp 25
million (US$2,500) for the diplomas.
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Soenarko Danu Ardanto
said the four had admitted that they had never attended a single
class to obtain the certificates from IMGI. Despite their
confessions, the police have not declared them suspects. The use
of illegal academic titles carries a maximum five years
imprisonment according to the 2004 education law.
Soenarko said the police had no plan to summons a former vice
president, several former cabinet ministers and police officers
for questioning either, despite them being listed as IMGI
"graduates". -- JP
JAKARTA: Police on Wednesday were questioning four recipients
of phony academic titles from an outfit calling itself Institut
Manajemen Global Indonesia (IMGI) who had paid up to Rp 25
million (US$2,500) for the diplomas.
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Soenarko Danu Ardanto
said the four had admitted that they had never attended a single
class to obtain the certificates from IMGI. Despite their
confessions, the police have not declared them suspects. The use
of illegal academic titles carries a maximum five years
imprisonment according to the 2004 education law.
Soenarko said the police had no plan to summons a former vice
president, several former cabinet ministers and police officers
for questioning either, despite them being listed as IMGI
"graduates". -- JP