Ex-education minister also fined $45m in case that has roiled investor confidence in nation
A supporter gives a rose to Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia's former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, as he arrives at a Jakarta court on Tuesday to hear the verdict in his corruption case. Makarim was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $45 million. © Reuters
JAKARTA -- Former Indonesian Education Minister Nadiem Makarim on Tuesday was sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined 810 billion rupiah ($45.3 million) after being convicted of corruption in relation to the procurement of laptops under a national education digitalization program, in a case widely been seen as a political prosecution that is undermining investor confidence in the country.
