Jakarta - Expert in Goods and Services Procurement and Deputy for Law\nand Dispute Resolution at LKPP, Setya Budi Arijanta, admitted that he\nwas contacted by many procurement officials who felt they had made\nmistakes in their procurement processes.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be honest, after the trial yesterday, sir, I was contacted by all\nparties, everyone admitted to being wrong,\u201d said Setya during the trial\nat the Jakarta Corruption Court, on Monday (6\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n
Setya spoke when asked for his opinion in the continuation of the\ntrial in the alleged corruption case of Chromebook-based laptop\nprocurement for the defendant, former Minister of Education, Culture,\nResearch, and Technology Nadiem Makarim.<\/p>\n
According to Setya, many commitment-making officials (PPK) up to\ninvestigators contacted him because they felt they had made mistakes in\nprocurement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Mr Setya\u2019s opinion is correct, then everyone will be caught,\nthat\u2019s what they said. Because all practices are wrong, they said. Both\nPPK contacting me, investigators contacting me,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
This LKPP Deputy refuted it. He emphasised that there is an exception\nfor government projects, namely in Government Regulation (PP) Number 29\nof 2021 on the Implementation of Procurement.<\/p>\n
\u201c(There is) a provision, this is excluded for government goods and\nservices procurement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Setya mentioned that he had conducted education for the public, but\nthat mindset still persists.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut yesterday I found many cases, I\u2019ve even made podcasts multiple\ntimes on YouTube, but it turns out it hasn\u2019t changed. I\u2019m concerned,\nthere will be many exploding cases one by one, those catalogued, many\nOTT by KPK,\u201d said Setya again.<\/p>\n
In this case, former Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and\nTechnology Nadiem Makarim along with three other defendants is said to\nhave caused state financial losses of Rp 2.1 trillion.<\/p>\n
Nadiem is accused of enriching himself by Rp 809 billion. This figure\nis said to come from Google\u2019s investment in Gojek or PT AKAB.<\/p>\n
Nadiem is said to have abused his authority, making Google the sole\ncontroller of TIK procurement, one of which is laptops, in Indonesia\u2019s\ntechnology ecosystem.<\/p>\n
This was done by directing the procurement study towards one product,\nnamely Chrome-based devices which are Google\u2019s products.<\/p>\n
Nadiem carried out this act together with three other defendants,\nnamely former Technology Consultant in the Ministry of Education,\nCulture, Research, and Technology, Ibrahim Arief; Director of SMP in the\nMinistry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology in 2020\u20132021 as\nwell as Budget User Representative (KPA), Mulyatsyah; and Director of SD\nin the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology in\n2020\u20132021 as well as KPA, Sri Wahyuningsih.<\/p>\n
For their actions, Nadiem and the other defendants are threatened\nwith Article 2 Paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article\n18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20\nof 2001 on Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of\nCriminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1)\nfirst of the Criminal Code.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lkpp-deputy-reports-being-contacted-by-numerous-officials-after-speaking-at-chromebook-trial-1775620379", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }