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    "data": {
        "id": 1581782,
        "msgid": "witness-claims-nadiem-paid-expert-staff-hundreds-of-millions-from-state-budget-1772456423",
        "date": "2026-03-02 19:07:02",
        "title": "Witness Claims Nadiem Paid Expert Staff Hundreds of Millions from State Budget",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A former head of the Ministry of Education's data and technology centre testified that Education Minister Nadiem Makarim hired numerous outside experts at salaries reaching hundreds of millions of rupiah paid from the state budget (APBN). The testimony emerged during Nadiem's corruption trial related to a Chromebook laptop procurement project that allegedly caused Rp2.1 trillion in state losses.",
        "content": "<p>M Hasan Chabibie, former Head of the Data and Information Technology\nCentre (Kapusdatin) at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and\nTechnology under Education Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim, was presented\nby prosecutors as a witness in the trial of an alleged corruption case\ninvolving the procurement of Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device\nManagement (CDM).<\/p>\n<p>Hasan revealed that Nadiem brought numerous people to work as expert\nstaff (TA) with salaries of hundreds of millions of rupiah whilst\nserving as minister. Hasan gave his testimony during a hearing held at\nthe Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday, 2 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan explained that Nadiem directly brought several people to work\nat the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology from the\nmoment he was appointed as minister. When prosecutors asked whether many\nexternal personnel were employed during Nadiem\u2019s tenure, particularly in\nrelation to ICT procurement, Hasan confirmed that many expert staff did\nwork there.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the salaries paid to these expert staff, Hasan\nstated that they received compensation reaching hundreds of millions of\nrupiah. Prosecutors then established that these salaries were entirely\nfunded from the state budget (APBN). Hasan confirmed this, explaining\nthat all payments were made per the instruction of Nadiem as\nminister.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Hasan described his own remuneration as Head of\nKapusdatin: as a civil servant at Eselon 1B level, his total income was\nRp36 million, comprised of a basic salary of Rp9 million and performance\nallowance of Rp27 million.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors questioned how expert staff could receive hundreds of\nmillions in salary for just a few days\u2019 work, all paid from the state\nbudget. Hasan acknowledged that this was the prevailing rate at the time\nand that such authorisation came from the minister as the budget\nholder.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, Nadiem is accused of corruption related to Chromebook\nlaptop procurement whilst serving as Education Minister. The project\nallegedly caused state losses of Rp2.1 trillion.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/witness-claims-nadiem-paid-expert-staff-hundreds-of-millions-from-state-budget-1772456423",
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