JAKARTA - A witness in the alleged corruption case of Chromebooks, Jumeri, said that the special staff of the Ministry of Education and Culture era of Nadiem Makarim, Jurist Tan, was "The real minister" or "The real minister", when testifying at the examination hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court.
The statement confirmed the Jumeri Examination Report (BAP) read by the public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) in the trial.
"Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has often said on various occasions that the Jurist's words are his words," said Jumeri, former Director General of Early Childhood Education, Basic Education, and Secondary Education (Dirjen Paudasmen) of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
He views Nadiem and Jurist as one unit. Moreover, he continued, Nadiem's words were said several times in the meeting.
Jumeri said that he was first appointed as the Director General of Paudasmen Kemendikbudristek in July 2020.
Jurist Tan is a suspect in the alleged corruption case of 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. However, until now, he has not been tried because he is still at large.
Jumeri testified in the trial of the alleged corruption case of the education digitization program which dragged the 2019-2024 period of Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim. In this case, 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.
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.
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.
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 Number 31 of 1999 concerning 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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