Jadi Tersangka, Nadiem Makarim Langsung Dijeloskan Kejagung Ke Rutan Salemba Branch

Director of Investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Nurcahyo Jukung Madyo (ANTARA)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has decided to detain the former Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Nadiem Makarim, after being named a suspect in the caussus for alleged corruption in the procurement of a chromebook laptop at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

The Director of Investigation (Dirdik) of the Attorney General's Office of Jampidsus, Nurcahyo Jukung Madyo, said the detention was carried out at the Salemba detention center at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office.

"The suspect NAM will be detained in the detention center for the next 20 days from today, September 4, 2025, at the Salemba Rutan, the branch of the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office," said Nurcahyo.

One of the reasons for the detention is to facilitate the investigation process. Moreover, investigators still need information from Nadiem Makarim in investigating allegations of chromebook corruption.

"For the purposes of investigation," said Nurcahyo.

In this case, Nadiem Makarim is suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph 1 or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 31 of 1999 concerning the weighting of criminal acts of corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Nadiem Makarim is the fifth suspect in the case. Originally, there were four other suspects, namely Mulyatsyah, former junior high school director of Kemendikbudristek; Sri Wahyuningsih, former elementary school director of Kemendikbudristek; Ibrahim Arief, technology consultant at the Ministry of Education and Culture; and Jurist Tan, a former special staff member of the Ministry of Education and Technology.

It is known that the case began when the Ministry of Education and Culture carried out the procurement of information and communication technology (ICT) devices at the PAUD to SMA levels in 2020-2022 for underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas as many as 1.2 million units of chromebook laptops with a total budget of IDR 9.3 trillion sourced from the APBN and special allocation funds (DAK).

The AGO stated that the purpose of procuring ICT devices in the form of 1.2 million chromebook laptops for school students was not achieved because Chrome OS had many weaknesses for the 3T area, so the suspect's actions were considered detrimental to state finances. The use of chromebooks is very dependent on the internet connection. In fact, internet access in many parts of Indonesia has not been evenly distributed.