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        "id": 1735359,
        "msgid": "ibam-former-consultant-to-nadiem-after-4-year-prison-sentence-this-is-criminalisation-1778608560",
        "date": "2026-05-12 23:33:23",
        "title": "Ibam, Former Consultant to Nadiem, After 4-Year Prison Sentence: This is Criminalisation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Ibrahim Arief, known as Ibam and a former consultant to Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, has been sentenced to four years in prison by the Jakarta Corruption Court for his involvement in a corruption case related to the procurement of Chromebooks and CDM devices for the Ministry of Education and Culture. Ibam vehemently denounced the verdict as criminalisation, arguing that the ministry's decision to use Chromebooks was wrongly attributed to him as a mere consultant. The sentence, which includes a Rp500 million fine, is significantly lighter than the prosecutors' demand of 15 years imprisonment and substantial restitution, highlighting potential flaws in the accountability process within government procurement.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cI firmly state once again that this is criminalisation,\u201d said Ibam\nafter the sentencing hearing at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta\non Tuesday (12\/5\/2026). Ibam claimed that the Ministry of Education and\nCulture had decided to use Chromebooks on 18 June. He felt that the\nblame for this decision was being shifted onto him. \u201cThis is as if they\nare dumping the ministry\u2019s decision-making error onto me, a single\nconsultant, after they decided it themselves. How is this not\ncriminalisation, I ask my fellow colleagues. To me, this is very clear,\u201d\nhe stated. Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison It is known that Ibam was\nsentenced to four years in prison. The judge declared Ibam guilty in the\nalleged corruption case involving the procurement of Chromebooks and\nCDM. \u201cDeclaring the Defendant Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam proven legally\nand convincingly guilty of committing the criminal act of corruption\njointly as in the subsidiary indictment,\u201d said the chief judge Purwanto\nS Abdullah while reading the verdict at the Corruption Court in Central\nJakarta. \u201cTherefore, imposing a prison sentence on the Defendant Ibrahim\nArief alias Ibam of four years,\u201d added the judge. Ibam was also ordered\nto pay a fine of Rp500 million. If the fine is not paid, it will be\nreplaced with imprisonment for 120 days. The judge stated that Ibam was\nguilty of violating Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the\nCorruption Offences Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 first\nof the old Criminal Code. This verdict is much lower than the\nprosecutors\u2019 demand. Previously, Ibam was demanded 15 years in prison, a\nfine of Rp1 billion subsidiary 190 days imprisonment. The prosecutors\nalso demanded that Ibam pay restitution of Rp16.92 billion subsidiary 7\nyears and 6 months in prison.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ibam-former-consultant-to-nadiem-after-4-year-prison-sentence-this-is-criminalisation-1778608560",
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