JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Prosecutor has charged the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology for the period 2019-2024, Nadiem Anwar Makarim, with a prison sentence of 18 years in prison in connection with the alleged corruption case of Chromebooks.
"Demand that the defendant be declared legally and convincingly guilty of committing the crime of corruption together, as charged by the public prosecutor's office," said Attorney General's Office (JPU) Prosecutor Roy Riady at the reading of the letter of demand at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, May 13, reported by ANTARA.
In addition to imprisonment, he is also required to be sentenced to a fine of Rp. 1 billion with the provision that if not paid, it will be replaced (subsider) with imprisonment for 190 days.
Not only prison sentences and fines, Nadiem is also required to be subject to additional criminal charges in the form of payment of compensation money worth Rp809.59 billion and Rp4.87 trillion subsider 9 years in prison.
Thus, Nadiem is believed to have violated Article 603 juncto Article 20 letter c of the National Criminal Code jo. Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001.
The JPU considered Nadiem's actions in not supporting the government's program in the administration of a clean state free from corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN), as a burden before filing a lawsuit.
Another aggravating consideration in Nadiem's lawsuit is that the act was carried out in the field of education, which is a strategic sector of national development, has resulted in hindering the quality of equitable education for children in Indonesia.
In addition, Nadiem's actions together with other defendants, namely Ibrahim Arief, Sri Wahyuningsih, and Mulyatsyah, as well as Jurist Tan (DPO), have caused large amounts of state financial losses, and have given convoluted statements at the trial, which are also considered as aggravating conditions for the prosecution.
Another aggravating circumstance, namely Nadiem, in the implementation of the procurement of TIKChromebook in 2020-2022, with the aim of obtaining personal profit, has ignored the quality of early childhood education, basic education, and secondary education in Indonesia, so that the defendant's wealth increased disproportionately with legitimate income or is suspected of being the result of a criminal act of corruption.
"While the circumstances are considered mitigating, namely the defendant has never been convicted," said the JPU added.
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 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.
The corruption was allegedly carried out, among others, by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology with Chromebook laptops and CDM in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 budget years, which were not in accordance with the procurement planning and procurement principles.
Nadiem's actions were charged together with three other defendants in a different trial, 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 State-level Wealth Report (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 jo. Article 18 of the Corruption Law jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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