Today Nadiem Makarim Will Fulfill The AGO's Call Again

Former Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Mendikbudristek) Nadiem Makarim (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Education and Technology Nadiem Makarim is scheduled to be questioned again by the investigating team of the Attorney General's Office (AGO), Thursday, September 4. He wants to be questioned as a witness in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of a chromebook laptop at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Nadiem is said to be fulfilling the investigator's summons. This was confirmed by his attorney, Ricky Saragih. "That's right and sure to be present," said Ricky.

This is not the first time Nadiem will be questioned by the AGO's investigation team. He was previously questioned by investigators, Tuesday (15/7/2025) and Monday (23/6/2025). Additional information from him is considered to be able to make light of this case, so it is necessary to call again to be examined.

It is known that the case began when the Ministry of Education and Culture carried out the procurement of information and communication technology (ICT) devices at the PAUD to SMA levels in 2020-2022 for underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) areas as many as 1.2 million units of chromebook laptops with a total budget of IDR 9.3 trillion sourced from the APBN and special allocation funds (DAK).

The AGO stated that the purpose of procuring ICT devices in the form of 1.2 million chromebook laptops for school students was not achieved because Chrome OS had many weaknesses for the 3T area, so the suspect's actions were considered detrimental to state finances. The use of chromebooks is very dependent on the internet connection. In fact, internet access in many parts of Indonesia has not been evenly distributed.

Investigators then held a case and found sufficient preliminary evidence in determining the four suspects. They are:

1. Mulyatsyah, former director of SMP Kemendikbudristek.2. Sri Wahyuningsih, former principal director of Kemendikbudristek.3. Ibrahim Arief, a technology consultant at Kemendikbudristek.4. Jurist Tan, a former special staff member of the Ministry of Education and Technology (currently still abroad)

The four suspects in the chromebook case were charged with Article 2 or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Act (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.