Ibam, Former Consultant to Nadiem, After 4-Year Prison Sentence: This is Criminalisation

“I firmly state once again that this is criminalisation,” said Ibam after the sentencing hearing at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on Tuesday (12/5/2026). Ibam claimed that the Ministry of Education and Culture had decided to use Chromebooks on 18 June. He felt that the blame for this decision was being shifted onto him. “This is as if they are dumping the ministry’s decision-making error onto me, a single consultant, after they decided it themselves. How is this not criminalisation, I ask my fellow colleagues. To me, this is very clear,” he stated. Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison It is known that Ibam was sentenced to four years in prison. The judge declared Ibam guilty in the alleged corruption case involving the procurement of Chromebooks and CDM. “Declaring the Defendant Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing the criminal act of corruption jointly as in the subsidiary indictment,” said the chief judge Purwanto S Abdullah while reading the verdict at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta. “Therefore, imposing a prison sentence on the Defendant Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam of four years,” added the judge. Ibam was also ordered to pay a fine of Rp500 million. If the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 120 days. The judge stated that Ibam was guilty of violating Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Offences Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 first of the old Criminal Code. This verdict is much lower than the prosecutors’ demand. Previously, Ibam was demanded 15 years in prison, a fine of Rp1 billion subsidiary 190 days imprisonment. The prosecutors also demanded that Ibam pay restitution of Rp16.92 billion subsidiary 7 years and 6 months in prison.