Voi reports.<\/a><\/p>\nIndonesia\u2019s Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology has established a special investigation team following allegations that Indonesian citizens fabricated research data and misused academic affiliations in connection with the International Society of Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) 2026 conference.<\/p>\n
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Brian Yuliarto said the ministry is coordinating with Yogyakarta State University (UNY), where one of the alleged perpetrators graduated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have also coordinated with the UNY campus, the campus where he graduated from the alleged perpetrator of this violation,\u201d Brian Yuliarto said during a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
According to the minister, preliminary findings indicate that most of those involved were not lecturers or formal educators at Indonesian universities. This limits the ministry\u2019s ability to impose academic sanctions.<\/p>\n
Authorities are nevertheless examining whether criminal charges could be pursued. Brian Yuliarto stressed the need for legal consequences, saying: \u201cBecause we believe that there is no legal action, we are afraid that it will not have a deterrent effect.\u201d<\/p>\n
The minister also said investigators had found indications that university affiliations may have been used without permission.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, that means they are using the name of the university without permission and also means fraud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesian authorities fear the case could harm the country\u2019s academic reputation abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will make a very negative image for researchers in Indonesia,\u201d Brian Yuliarto said.<\/p>\n
According to the ministry, the alleged manipulation of scientific data and identities may have been carried out to obtain travel funding and attend international conferences overseas free of charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Brian Yuliarto, has ordered an investigation into allegations of research…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[51248,27,26,5027,51249,51250,51251,51252,21619,51253],"class_list":["post-99612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-conference-funding","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-higher-education","tag-international-society-of-pneumonia-and-pneumococcal-diseases","tag-minister-of-higher-education","tag-research-fraud","tag-science-and-technology-brian-yuliarto","tag-scientific-research","tag-yogyakarta-state-university-uny"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116690753225236091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Indonesia\u2019s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Brian Yuliarto, has ordered an investigation into allegations of research fraud linked to a conference in Denmark. Photo: Rivan Awal Lingga\/YU<\/p>\n