Victims of Sexual Harassment by 16 UI Law Faculty Students Demand Perpetrators Be Sanctioned with Dropout

Depok, Kompas.com - The victims of the alleged sexual harassment carried out by 16 students from the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia (FH UI) are demanding that the perpetrators be subjected to strict sanctions in the form of dropout (DO) or termination of studies.

“Our request is simple; we only hope for one sanction: dropout,” said the victims’ lawyer, Timotius Rajagukguk, during a press conference on the UI campus in Depok, West Java, on Tuesday (14/4/2026).

According to Timotius, the DO sanction is appropriate for students deemed unworthy of continuing their education at the university.

He assessed that the perpetrators’ actions not only disrupt the sense of safety but also potentially endanger other students and damage the university’s values.

Timotius emphasised that the elements of violation in this case have been fulfilled. He also rejected the notion that a DO sanction can only be imposed if there is physical harassment.

“Do not think that for a dropout, the case must already be more severe, physical harassment and so on,” he continued.

In this case, Timotius is the lawyer for 20 victims, all of whom are female students from FH UI.

In addition, he revealed that there are seven FH UI lecturers who are also suspected to be victims, bringing the total number of victims to 27 people.

The victims hope that the University of Indonesia, FH UI, the UI Task Force for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (Satgas PPKS), the UI Board of Professors, and the FH UI professors’ ranks can immediately follow up on this case.

“In accordance with procedures and quickly as well. We do not want this case to drag on too long,” he added.

The matter of sexual harassment

It was previously reported that 16 UI students are suspected of committing sexual harassment against female students in the faculty.

The alleged harassment went viral on social media in the form of conversations leading to sexual matters in a social media group.

The Chair of the FH UI Student Executive Board (BEM), Anandaku Dimas Rumi Chattaristo, said that all the perpetrators are students from the 2023 intake.

This incident initially came to light when the 16 students suddenly apologised in the intake group.