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View all search resultsDeputy rector arrested, drug use suspected
After students clashed with police in a rally in Makassar, in a separate incident in the city, a deputy rector and a lecturer of Hasanuddin University (Unhas) were arrested on Friday at a hotel for allegedly consuming crystal methamphetamine, locally known as shabu-shabu
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fter students clashed with police in a rally in Makassar, in a separate incident in the city, a deputy rector and a lecturer of Hasanuddin University (Unhas) were arrested on Friday at a hotel for allegedly consuming crystal methamphetamine, locally known as shabu-shabu.
Deputy rector Musakkir, also a professor in the university's School of Law, and lecturer Ismail Alrip, also chairman of the school's legal aid institute, were arrested together with two female students and two men who were employees of a cafe at about 3 a.m. local time.
The six were arrested in different rooms, with Musakkir, who is in charge of student affairs, found in the same room as Ismail and a female student. The other three were arrested in two separate rooms.
South Sulawesi Police chief Insp. Gen. Anton Setiadji confirmed the arrests and said the police were still examining the six.
'We do not yet to know their roles and cannot confirm whether the professor was positively consuming the drug,' said Anton.
He added that the police were still waiting for the results of urine and other laboratory tests from the six individuals.
The police said when they arrested Musakkir, they seized two packages of the drug and an inhaling device.
In other rooms they found shabu-shabu and ecstasy pills.
Makassar Police spokesperson Comr. Mantasiah said the arrests were made after the police received information from local residents.
The arrests followed violence that occurred in the city following a rally on Thursday, when the police raided Makassar State University (UNM) campus after a clash occurred between students and police officers.
Students had blocked a road during a rally to protest against the government's plan to increase subsidized-fuel prices. At least seven journalists covering the rally and the police raid at the UNM campus were allegedly beaten by police officers.
- Deputy rector, lecturer arrested along with 2 female students, 2 men
- Police seize 2 packs of shabu-shabu and inhaling device
- Unhas presumes employees' innocence for now
Separately, Musakkir's lawyer, Acram Mappaona Azis, expressed doubt that his client had consumed drugs.
'He denied using the drug. He came to the hotel to finish a paper,' the lawyer said.
He added that he respected the legal process that his client was undergoing and would wait for the result of the urine, blood and hair tests from the South Sulawesi Police's forensic laboratory.
Unhas senate deputy chairman Ambo Ala said he was surprised to learn of the arrests of his colleagues.
He said he would presume they were innocent and would let the police handle the case, but the campus would continue monitoring it and wait for the result of the police's investigation.
'If there was an indication he consumed the drug, the professor would have to be presented to the university's ethics commission for further process,' Ambo Ala said.
The arrest of the university lecturers for drug abuse follows a similar incident earlier in the year.
On Sept. 5, a lecturer of a university in West Sulawesi was arrested along with two businessmen for allegedly consuming shabu-shabu.
The three men were caught in a police raid in a rented house in the Lino Maloga housing complex, East Banggai district, Majene regency.
The police also confiscated four packages of shabu-shabu, some inhaling devices and hundreds of thousands of rupiah in cash, tribunnews.com reported.
Majene Police drug unit officer chief Brig. Hasbi said the police had received information from local residents that the house was often used as a place to consume drugs.
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