JAKARTA - Public Prosecutor from the Attorney General's Office Roy Riady still demands the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology for the period 2019-2024 Nadiem Anwar Makarim with a sentence of 18 years in prison related to the Chromebook corruption case.
He concluded that the defense memorandum or pleidoi, both submitted by the team of lawyers and by Nadiem against the demands, was not able to demolish the indictment and was not able to cripple any legal fact that had been proven legally and convincingly in the trial.
"Declaring that the public prosecutor remains on the letter of demand or the requirements that were read at the trial on May 13, 2026 in the case for all of them," said the JPU at the reading of the replik or response to the plea in the Corruption Court at the Jakpus District Court, Tuesday. 9 June reported by ANTARA.
In addition to continuing with the 18-year imprisonment, the JPU also continued with the criminal demand for a fine of Rp1 billion subsider 190 days in prison and a substitute money of Rp5.67 trillion subsider 9 years in prison, against Nadiem.
Thus, the JPU requested the panel of judges to reject the defense memorandum of Nadiem and his team of lawyers for all of them.
After reading and reviewing all the defense notes, both read by the team of lawyers and read by Nadiem himself, the JPU stated that overall the defense material, although composed with captivating rhetoric, quotes from inspiring philosophers, and poetic language, in essence, does not touch the core of the evidence of the case.
In addition, the JPU also considered that the defense memorandum that had been read was unable to shake the various legal facts that had been revealed in the trial.
"On the contrary, the defense memo distorts the facts through a reinterpretation of the facts that are already clear so that it seems as if the defendant is innocent, by chopping up (atomizing) each of the defendant's actions and then evaluating them separately from the whole series of events," said the prosecutor.
Nadiem Makarim was dragged as one of the defendants 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.
In that case, Nadiem was charged with corruption that caused losses to state finances worth Rp2.18 trillion.
The corruption was allegedly carried out, among others, by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology in the form of Chromebook laptops and CDM in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 budget years, which were not in accordance with the procurement planning and procurement principles.
The founder of one of the technology companies was charged with committing the act 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 was 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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