Melki Sedek Huang (born 15 October 2001) is an Indonesian activist who was the chairman of the student executive council at University of Indonesia (UI) from 21 January 2023 until his dismissal on 18 December 2023 due to sexual violence.
[2] In the law faculty's student executive council, Huang began his involvement as a staff and slowly rising to become the Deputy Head of Legal Research and Strategic Action Department.
[3][2] On 24 March 2023, UI's student executive council Twitter and Instagram account published a meme depicting the face of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, in a rat body.
[8] Faldo Maldini, Special Staff of the Minister of State Secretary and the former Chairman of The Student Executive Board, accused Huang funded by foreign parties for political interests in the campaign to reject the job copyright law.
On 23 August 2023, Huang invited the three of 2024 Indonesian Presidential Candidate such as Anies Baswedan, Ganjar Pranowo, and Prabowo, to hold a debate at the University of Indonesia on 14 September 2023.
[11] Huang later added that he believed it was related to the increasingly heated atmosphere in the 2024 presidential election and affecting critical community groups like himself.
[11] West Kalimantan Regional Police Chief Inspector General Pipit Rismanto denied this and confirmed that none of his members were involved in the alleged intimidation.
[12] Mahfud MD responded and said that he will sent a team to carry out additional investigations regarding the alleged intimidation to Huang and added that if this turned out to be true, the police had violated the constitution.
[13] On 18 December 2023, Huang was temporarily dismissed from his position as chairman of the University of Indonesia Student Executive Board because he was suspected of committing sexual assault.
[17][18] On 29 January 2024, Huang was proven to be guilty for doing a sexual assault and received a suspension for one semester from Rector of the University of Indonesia, Ari Kuncoro.