JAKARTA - Public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) Roy Riady said Nadiem Makarim allegedly carried out the procurement of Chromebook laptops in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology solely for the sake of his business.
The reason, he said, is that Nadiem knows that Chromebooks with the Chrome operating system cannot be used by students and teachers in the learning process, especially in the 3T (Leading, Outer, Lagging) areas.
"Thus, the procurement was carried out so that Google increased its investment in depositing funds to PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (PT AKAB)," said the JPU in the reading of the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, quoted by Antara.
The JPU explained that most of PT AKAB's money came from Google's investment of US$786.99 million.
Before serving as Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Nadiem was known as the founder of an online transportation business company called Gojek through PT Gojek Indonesia which he founded in 2010 with a 99 percent stake or worth Rp99 million.
To develop the online transportation business, said the JPU, in 2015 Nadiem together with Andre Soelistyo founded a foreign capital company named PT AKAB and partnered with a large company, namely Google, to work together on business in the Google Maps, Google Cloud, and Google Workspace applications, which will be used in Gojek's business.
In order not to appear to have a conflict of interest, Nadiem while being the Minister of Education and Culture, it was stated that Nadiem resigned as a director at PT Gojek Indonesia and PT AKAB.
"However, the defendant Nadiem appointed his friends, including Andre Soelistyo and Kevin Bryan Aluwi as directors and beneficial owners for the benefit of the defendant as founder shares owned by the defendant at PT Gojek Indonesia and PT AKAB," said the JPU.
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 of IDR 2.18 trillion.
The corruption, among others, was carried out by him by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology in the form of Chromebook laptops and CDM for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 fiscal years which were 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 AKAB through PT Gojek Indonesia.
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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