KPK Reported to Have Conducted Sting Operation on Unsoed Vice Rector

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) also conducted a sting operation (OTT) in Purwokerto, Central Java, on Thursday (20/8).

The covert operation is alleged to be connected to suspected corruption within Universitas Jenderal Soedirman (Unsoed).

A CNNIndonesia.com source within the KPK who is aware of the operation said at least five people were caught in the sting. Two of them are Vice Rector I, identified as NF, and Vice Rector III for Student Affairs and Alumni, identified as NAP.

Meanwhile, the other parties are AW and M, acting as third parties, along with one staff member from the vice rector’s office.

“It is related to the independent admission pathway for medical studies,” the source said when confirming the case under investigation on Thursday (20/8) evening.

As of the writing of this report, the KPK has not yet provided an official statement.

Meanwhile, as reported by detik.com, the KPK brought at least five people to Jakarta after conducting examinations at the Criminal Investigation Unit building of the Banyumas Police Headquarters.

One of them is the Vice Rector III for Student Affairs and Alumni of Unsoed, Prof Norman Arie Prayoga.

The KPK team left the Banyumas Police Criminal Investigation Unit building at 10.45 p.m. Western Indonesia Time. They carried several bags suspected of containing documents.

At almost the same time, the KPK also carried out a sting operation in Bogor Regency, West Java. Several heads of departments were caught in the covert operation.

However, details regarding that sting operation have also not been officially conveyed by the KPK.