JAKARTA - Technology Consultant at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam was sentenced to four years in prison after being proven to be involved in corruption related to the alleged corruption case of Chromebooks.
Presiding Judge Purwanto Abdullah stated that Ibam, among others, was proven to have procured learning facilities based on information and communication technology with Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device Management (CDM) that were not in accordance with the procurement planning and various procurement principles, thus causing losses to the state's finances. a total of Rp5.26 trillion in the case.
"Declaring the defendant to be proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing the crime of corruption together as charged by the sub-charge," said the Chief Justice in the reading of the verdict at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, May 12.
In addition to imprisonment, Ibam was also sentenced to a fine of Rp500 million with the provision that if it is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 120 days.
In this way, Ibam was found guilty of violating Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law 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.
Before imposing a sentence, the panel of judges considered several aggravating and mitigating circumstances. The aggravating factor is that Ibam's actions have resulted in large amounts of state financial losses for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Then, Ibam's actions were also considered not to support the state program in the framework of the implementation of a clean state and free from corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN), and were carried out in the education sector during the 2019 pandemic so that they had a double impact in the form of financial losses for the state and hampered the mapping of the quality of education for Indonesian children.
Meanwhile, the consideration for mitigating the sentence in the form of Ibam has never been sentenced to imprisonment previously and is in the position as a technology consultant who provides technical input and not as a main policy designer in the procurement of Chromebooks, so that the level of Ibam's role is structurally different from the level of the role of public officials who determine strategic policies.
"The defendant was also not proven to have received direct funds from the procurement of Chromebooks personally," the Chief Judge added.
Ibam's verdict in the case of alleged corruption in the education digitization program in the form of the procurement of Chromebook laptops and CDM in the environment of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2019-2022 was much lighter than the prosecutor's demands.
Previously, Ibam was sentenced to 15 years in prison, a fine of Rp1 billion, subsider 190 days in prison, and compensation of Rp16.92 billion, subsider 7 years and 6 months in prison, in that case.
Regarding the replacement money, the panel of judges did not impose the sentence because Ibam was not proven to have received funds from the case.
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