The Attorney General's Office Transfers Nadiem's Chromebook Alleged Corruption Files To The Corruption Court

Nadiem Makarim, spoke with the media crew at the Central Jakarta Kejari Building, Central Jakarta, Monday (10/11/2025). (Photo: ANTARA)

The Attorney General's Office has transferred the case files for alleged corruption in the procurement of Chromebooks and Chrome Device Management (CDM) at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemendikbudristek) to the Corruption Court (Tipikor) Central Jakarta, Monday 8 December 2025.

The process of handling this case has entered its next important stage. Namely, today, Monday, December 8, 2025, the Public Prosecutor has officially transferred the case files and indictments to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," he told the media at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, South Jakarta, Monday, December 8, 2025.

The Director of Prosecution at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Riono Budisantoso, said that the former Minister of Education and Technology Nadiem Anwar Makarim was one of five defendants in a case that allegedly cost the state more than Rp2.1 trillion.

The other four defendants are Ibrahim Arif, Sri Wahyuningsih, Mulyatsyah, and Jurist Tan.

"It is suspected that he committed a criminal act of corruption which began with the process of compiling technical studies and procuring information and communication technology (ICT) equipment at the Ministry of Education and Culture," he said

Riono explained that the investigation found an alleged order from Nadiem to change the technical study on the procurement of ICT devices in 2020.

According to him, the technical team previously said that procurement specifications should not lead to certain operating systems. However, the study was then directed to recommend the use of Chrome OS, which led to the procurement of Chromebooks.

"In 2018, the Ministry of Education and Culture had procured Chromebooks with the Chrome operating system and its implementation was considered a failure. However, similar procurement was carried out again in 2020 to 2022 without an objective technical basis," he added

The Attorney General's Office noted that the state losses consisted of the price of Chromebooks which were considered expensive at Rp. 1.56 trillion and the purchase of CDM which was deemed useless at Rp. 621 billion.

"So that the total state losses reached more than Rp. 2.1 trillion," he said

Riono said that the procurement directed at certain products is suspected to be beneficial for internal parties of the ministry and providers of goods and services.

Riono emphasized that with this delegation, the case entered the trial stage at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court. The defendants were charged with violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

"The handling of cases is carried out carefully and based on adequate evidence. Furthermore, the examination is under the authority of the panel of judges," he concluded.