PBS NewsHour - The Latest | Google denies involvement in $125 million Chromebook graft case in Indonesia by Niniek Karmini, Associated Press
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Former Google executives testified that the company was not involved in Indonesia’s $125 million Chromebook procurement scandal, in which former education minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim is accused of steering the purchase of more than 1.2 million Chromebooks to benefit Google and its affiliate PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (PT AKAB). Prosecutors allege Makarim abused his authority, pressed Google to invest in PT AKAB, and received about 809 billion rupiah ($48 million) in return, while claiming the ministry’s technical team had rejected the laptops as unsuitable for areas lacking internet. Executives Scott Beaumont and Caesar Sengupta denied any link between Google’s investments and the ministry’s decision, and Makarim’s defense argues he divested from PT AKAB and had no personal gain, though he faces a potential life sentence and a verdict is expected soon.
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