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Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim jailed 10 years over Indonesia school laptop corruption case

Published on 30 Jun 2026 9:33:05 PM

Former education minister and Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim was sentenced on Tuesday (June 30) to 10 years in prison over a school laptop procurement programme launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing to a close one of Indonesia’s most highly-publicised corruption trials.

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Former education minister and Gojek founder Nadiem Makarim was sentenced on Tuesday (June 30) to 10 years in prison over a school laptop procurement programme launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing to a close one of Indonesia’s most highly-publicised corruption trials.

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