JAKARTA - Nadiem Anwar Makarim Amir's legal advisor Amir is considering calling Google as a witness in the trial of the alleged corruption in the procurement of Chromebook laptops.
"Later we will see the development. Of course this is very important, yes, because Google is the party that is always said to give benefits to Nadiem and Google has officially delivered its statement," said Nadiem's legal advisor, Ari Yusuf Amir, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, January 12.
Ari emphasized Google's official statement which had been conveyed by Nadiem through a letter read by Google's legal advisor did not have any malicious intent in his role in the alleged corruption of the digitalization of school learning tools, the Chromebook laptop.
"That explains that Nadiem has no evil intentions with Google," he said.
Google's investment with GoTo, according to him, is not connected to the alleged receipt of money into Nadiem's account as a profit of IDR 809 billion in the alleged corruption case.
"In fact, the funds were returned in full to PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (AKAB), there is a record of it and the record cannot be manipulated because it is written clearly, it has nothing to do with Google or the ministry," he said.
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 environment of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019-2022, Nadiem is accused of corruption that has caused losses to the state treasury worth IDR 2.18 trillion.
Corruption, among others, was carried out by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology with laptops Chromebook and CDM for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 fiscal years not in accordance with the procurement planning and procurement principles.
The alleged act was carried out together with three other defendants who have been tried, namely Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam, Mulyatsyah, and Sri Wahyuningsih, as well as Jurist Tan, who is currently still at large.
In detail, the losses caused by the state 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 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 Minister of Education and Culture 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.
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