JAKARTA - The former Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology for the period 2019-2024, Nadiem Makarim, is scheduled to face the first trial in the case of alleged corruption in the procurement of Chromebook laptops in the Ministry of Education and Culture environment on Tuesday, December 16, 2025. The trial was held at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.
The spokesperson for the Central Jakarta District Court, Firman Akbar, said the first trial agenda was the reading of the indictment.
"The schedule for the first trial of the case for the procurement of Chromebooks for the Ministry of Education and Culture with the defendant Nadiem Makarim and friends will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025," said Firman Akbar, quoted from Antara.
The trial will be led by Chief Justice Purwanto Abdullah. In addition to Nadiem, three other defendants are also scheduled to undergo a reading of the indictment on the same day.
They are the Technology Consultant of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Ibrahim Arief, Director of Elementary Schools at the Directorate General of Early Childhood Education, Basic Education, and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the period 2020-2021, as well as the Budget User Power of Sri Wahyuningsih, and the Director of Elementary Schools at the same directorate for the period 2020-2021, as well as the Budget User Power of Mulyatsyah.
Previously, the Attorney General's Office revealed that the state's losses in the alleged corruption case of digitalization of education in the procurement of Chromebook laptops in the 2019-2022 period reached more than IDR 2.1 trillion.
"The total state loss reached more than Rp. 2.1 trillion," said the Director of Prosecution at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Riono Budisantoso, at the Jampidsus Building of the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, Monday, August 8.
Riono explained that the case concerned the procurement of information and communication technology devices in the form of Chromebooks and Chrome Device Management (CDM) which were carried out in the period 2019-2022.
In this case, the Attorney General's Office has named five suspects, namely Nadiem Makarim, Sri Wahyuningsih, Ibrahim Arief, Mulyatsyah, and the former Special Staff for the Minister of Education and Culture, Jurist Tan. However, until now, the case file for Jurist Tan has not been forwarded to the court because the person concerned is still at large.
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