The Chromebook laptops were purchased even though the ministry had determined in 2018 that their use for learning would require an internet connection, making them unsuitable for Indonesia, where internet availability is a major issue in remote areas, prosecutors told the court.
The ministry still went ahead with the purchase of the Chromebooks after Makarim met with representatives of Google Asia Pacific and Google Indonesia several times in 2020, prosecutors said.
Makarim was detained in September along with several top officials from his ministry. He had denied wrongdoing, his lawyer Ari Yusuf Amir has said.
Nadiem’s counsel was disappointed with the demands as prosecutors ignored new evidence presented in court, Amir told Reuters on Wednesday.
He said he was expecting a verdict to be reached in June.
Nadiem told news outlet Tech in Asia last month that his case could spook foreign investors in Indonesia.
“I think it could be quite devastating,” he said.
The court has so far imposed jail sentences of up to four-and-a-half years on three officials linked to the ministry for their involvement in the case, including a technology consultant sentenced late on Tuesday.