Health Conditions Deteriorate, Nadiem is Granted Permission to be House Arrest

JAKARTA - The panel of judges granted the request to transfer the status of Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology for the period 2019-2024 Nadiem Anwar Makarim to house arrest from the previous prison inmate.

Presiding Judge Purwanto Abdullah stated that the application was granted by considering Nadiem's health condition.

"Changing the type of detention of the defendant has been counted since May 12, 2026," said the Chief Justice in the examination of the defendant at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, May 11 evening.

However, the Chief Judge emphasized that Nadiem must be in his residence for 24 hours in 7 days so that he cannot leave his residence except for some activities.

The activity in question is undergoing surgery on Wednesday (13/5) and further medical treatment at the hospital and trial. For medical control, a written permission from the Chief Judge based on a written recommendation from a doctor is required first.

During his house arrest, the Chief Justice said Nadiem was also required to wear an electronic monitoring device on his body and was required to report to the public prosecutor (JPU) twice a week.

Nadiem is also required to hand over the Indonesian passport, foreign passport (if any), and all other travel documents to the JPU, and is not allowed to communicate directly or indirectly with witnesses or other defendants in the alleged Chromebook corruption case.

The presiding judge added that Nadiem was also prohibited from making any statements, interviews, or statements to the mass media related to the ongoing case without written permission from the panel of judges while being under house arrest.

In addition, Nadiem is also prohibited from receiving guests other than core family members, registered advocates in the case file, and medical personnel who treat them. He is also required to provide access to officers from the Prosecutor's Office to inspect his residence to ensure compliance with the requirements of house arrest.

In the case of alleged corruption in the education digitization program in the form of the procurement of Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device Management (CDM) in the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019-2022, Nadiem is accused of corruption that has caused losses to the state treasury of IDR 2.18 trillion.

The corruption was allegedly carried out, among others, by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology in the form of Chromebook laptops and CDM in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 budget years not in accordance with the procurement planning and procurement principles.

Nadiem's actions were charged together with three other defendants in a different trial, namely Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam, Mulyatsyah, and Sri Wahyuningsih as well as Jurist Tan, who is currently still at large.

In detail, the state's losses include Rp1.56 trillion related to the education digitization program at the Ministry of Education and Culture, as well as 44.05 million US dollars or the equivalent of Rp621.39 billion due to the procurement of CDM that is not necessary and not useful in the education digitization program.

With this act, Nadiem is suspected of having received money amounting to IDR 809.59 billion originating from PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (PT AKAB) through PT Gojek Indonesia.

It is stated that most of PT AKAB's money comes 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.

For his actions, the former education and culture minister is threatened with a criminal penalty as stipulated in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.