Prosecutor: Nadiem Makarim Received IDR 809.56 Billion from PT AKAB through PT Gojek
JAKARTA - The Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology for the period 2019-2024, Nadiem Anwar Makarim, is said to have received Rp809.56 billion related to the alleged corruption case of the education digitization program in the form of the procurement of Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device Management in the Ministry of Education and Culture environment. 2019-2022.
This was revealed by the public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office, Roy Riadypadasidang, reading the indictment letter against three defendants in the same case, namely Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam, Sri Wahyuningsih, and Mulyatsyah.
"The money received by Nadiem comes from PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (PT AKAB) through PT Gojek Indonesia," said the JPU in the reading of the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday.
The JPU revealed that most of PT AKAB's money came from Google's investment of US$786.99 million.
This can be seen from Nadiem's wealth which is recorded in the State-level Wealth Report (LHKPN) in 2022, namely there is an acquisition of property in the form of securities worth IDR 5.59 trillion.
The indictment against Nadiem will only be read on Tuesday (23/7), after the trial was postponed due to a postponement (suspension of detention) because the former Minister of Education and Culture was still ill.
In this case, the three defendants are suspected of causing state losses of IDR 2.18 trillion, which includes IDR 1.56 trillion related to the education digitization program at the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the equivalent of IDR 621.39 billion due to the procurement of Chrome Device Management (CDM) which is not necessary and not useful in the education digitization program.
It is stated that the three defendants committed this illegal act together with Nadiem and former Special Staff for the Minister of Education and Culture Jurist Tan.
The illegal acts committed by the defendants, among others, were the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology with Chromebook laptops and CDM in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 fiscal years, which were not in accordance with the procurement plan and various procurement principles.
In addition, the defendants, together with Nadiem and Jurist, are also suspected of procuring Chromebook laptops at the Ministry of Education and Culture through e-Catalogs and the School Procurement Information System (SIPLah) application in 2020, 2021, and 2022 without going through the evaluation of the price of the Chromebook laptop procurement and not supported by price references.
For their actions, the three defendants are threatened with criminal penalties as stipulated in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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