Asian super-app Gojek co-founder, ex-Indonesian minister jailed 10 years in corruption case today
Summary
Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of Gojek and former Indonesian education minister, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for corrupt practices in a school laptop procurement program.
Key Points
- Nadiem Makarim, co-founder of Gojek and former Indonesian education minister, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
- He was found guilty of corruptly manipulating the procurement of Chromebook laptops in 2021-2022 to favor Google.
- The alleged corruption caused a loss of IDR 2 trillion (USD 125 million) to the state and personally benefited Makarim by USD 46.3 million.
- Supporters protested the verdict and critics questioned the sufficiency of evidence and possible political motivations.
