JAKARTA, Legal Literacy – President Director of PT Supertone (SPC), Tedjokusumo Raymond, admitted that his company obtained initial information regarding the procurement plan for Chromebook-based laptops within the Kemendikbudristek during the era of Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim from Google. Tedjo made this admission while testifying in the continuation of the alleged corruption case of Chromebook procurement at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday (24/2/2026).

According to Tedjo, in 2020 he was contacted by a distributor, PT Tri Tunggal, which opened an official purchase order (PO) in July 2021. However, prior to that, he had received information about the large-scale need for Chromebooks. The Public Prosecutor (JPU) then read out the Investigation Report (BAP) which stated that in October 2020, Tedjo obtained information from the distributor regarding the procurement plan, and the witness confirmed this.

Allegedly There Was a Leak of Specifications Before Procurement

Tedjo explained that after receiving information from the distributor, he contacted a representative from Google Indonesia who then connected him online with the ranks of Google for Education Asia Pacific, including an official named Colin Marson.

In that meeting, according to Tedjo, it was conveyed that in 2021 there would be a large procurement of Chromebooks with the Chrome OS operating system. The prosecutor emphasized that the Investigation Report mentioned that there was specification information that had been “locked” before the procurement was carried out. Tedjo confirmed that Google conveyed the plan to purchase Chromebooks for the ministry led by Nadiem.

In the communication, Tedjo was also directed to contact the Kwang Ta company in Taiwan as a supplier of device raw materials. PT Supertone then purchased components from the company and assembled Chromebooks in Indonesia.

Indictment: State Losses of IDR 2.1 Trillion

In the indictment, the procurement of Chromebook-based laptops was said to have caused state financial losses of around IDR 2.1 trillion. Nadiem Makarim was accused of enriching himself by IDR 809 billion, which was said to have come from Google's investment in Gojek (PT AKAB).

Besides Nadiem, the three other defendants in this case are Ibrahim Arief (former technology consultant at Kemendikbudristek), Mulyatsyah (Director of Junior High School and Budget User Authority for 2020–2021), and Sri Wahyuningsih (Director of Elementary School and Budget User Authority for 2020–2021).

In the indictment, Mulyatsyah was said to have received 120,000 Singapore dollars and 150,000 US dollars. The defendants were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

This case is one of the major cases in the education information technology procurement sector that is still ongoing at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

This article is the result of synthesizing information from a number of credible sources to present a verified, complete, and balanced report to readers.