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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tatan Syuflana and Niniek Karmini

Founder of Indonesian ride-hailing app Gojek stands trial over Chromebooks procurement

Indonesia Corruption - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

An Indonesian court on Monday opened the trial of a co-founder of the country's ride-hailing and payments company Gojek, who is accused of corruption in a government project to procure Google Chromebook laptops for schools.

Nadiem Anwar Makarim, 41, was a former education, culture, research and technology minister when he was arrested Sept. 7. His arrest came during an investigation by the attorney general’s office in Jakarta into an alleged $125 billion corruption scandal linked to the project.

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