Prosecutors claim Nadiem profited from Chromebook deal

Court appearance: Nadiem arriving for his trial in an alleged corruption case on his involvement in the procurement of Google’s Chromebook laptops for use in his ministry and by students, at the Central Jakarta Court in Jakarta. — Reuters

Prosecutors have filed corruption charges against former education minister and the co-founder of start-up Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, over alleged improper laptop procurement during the pandemic that led to US$125.64mil in state losses.

Nadiem, who resigned as chief executive of ride-hailing company Gojek in 2019 to become education minister until 2024, was accused of enriching himself by around 809 ‌billion rupiah from the procurement of Chromebook laptops and Chrome OS for schools between 2020 and 2022, prosecutors said in the first trial hearing.