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        "id": 1731941,
        "msgid": "nadiem-denies-planning-chromebook-selection-from-the-start-1778504032",
        "date": "2026-05-11 19:12:48",
        "title": "Nadiem Denies Planning Chromebook Selection from the Start",
        "author": "Robertus Belarminus",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Former Indonesian Education Minister Nadiem Makarim has denied allegations in a corruption trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court that he premeditated the use of Chromebooks for laptop procurement in schools. During the hearing, Nadiem presented internal communications showing he questioned the rationale for choosing Chromebooks over Windows devices and sought balanced arguments on both sides, refuting claims of early bias. He described the prosecution's narrative of his malicious intent as slanderous and unproven, asserting no intervention in the procurement process or pricing.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Former Minister of Education, Culture,\nResearch, and Technology, Nadiem Makarim, has denied accusations that he\nhad planned the use of Chromebooks in the trial for the alleged\ncorruption case involving the procurement of Chromebook-based laptops at\nthe Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday (11\/5\/2026). In the trial, Nadiem\nemphasised that he actually questioned the reasons for using Chromebooks\ncompared to Windows in the internal communications presented in court.\n\u201cSo, then, what\u2019s the rationale for some PCs? Why some and not all PCs?\u201d\nNadiem said, reading out his conversation. According to Nadiem, this\nquestion shows that he never directed from the outset that the entire\nprocurement should use Chromebooks. He also quoted his conversation in\nthe internal group, requesting that all arguments related to Chromebooks\nor PCs be presented in a balanced manner. \u201cMake sure both sides of\nargument of Chromebook versus PC is there ya,\u201d Nadiem revealed, reading\nthe content of his message again. Nadiem assessed that the prosecutor\u2019s\nindictment, which claimed he had malicious intent from the beginning,\ndoes not align with the facts of the communications that emerged in the\ntrial. \u201cThis indictment is not about my opinion. This indictment is\nabout my malicious intent that had already decided on Chrome from the\nstart,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is an evil narrative. Because that is truly\nslander,\u201d he stated. According to Nadiem, the accusation that he had\ndiscussed Chromebook procurement before becoming minister was also not\nproven in the trial. \u201cAt that time, all of Indonesia thought that in the\nWhatsApp group before becoming minister, I had already discussed\nChromebook procurement. But there was none,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now it is\nproven in the trial that it never happened and that chat does not\nexist,\u201d Nadiem claimed. Nadiem admitted that he never intervened in the\nprocurement process or the determination of laptop prices. He also\nquestioned the location of the legal violation attributed to him.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/nadiem-denies-planning-chromebook-selection-from-the-start-1778504032",
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