Gojek co-founder and former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of corruption.
Makarim, a former billionaire and symbol of Indonesia’s tech boom, says the verdict is politically motivated and plans to appeal.
How Indonesian “justice” works:
—Arrest Nadiem with no evidence of wrongdoing as he tried to reform the country as a minister.
—Prosecutor loses face in court due to the ridiculousness of the case.
—To save face, the judge gives Nadiem 10 years in jail anyway.
—Next step? Nadiem is likely released on a presidential intervention.
Indonesia is a laughing stock on the global stage.
Former Indonesian Education Minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim was found guilty of corruption over a pandemic-era procurement of Chromebooks for schools, a ruling likely to intensify investor concerns about how Southeast Asia’s largest economy distinguishes graft from disputed policy and business decisions. https://t.co/SkL3nGWoMz
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The three biggest foreign banks in Indonesia have shipped around $640 million of their earnings out of Southeast Asia’s largest economy since 2024 https://t.co/jeIH26hRAA
Indonesia has swung from an emerging-market darling to a global laggard, with insiders blaming the president and his inner circle for erratic and poorly communicated policies. Read more: https://t.co/kwD7XVZsip
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Indonesia has swung from an emerging-market darling to a global laggard, with insiders blaming the president and his inner circle for erratic and poorly communicated policies. https://t.co/6AlwZOjUqS
University students demanding Indonesia’s government do more to lower the soaring cost of living were met with tear gas and stun grenades as police tried to disperse them in Bandung, West Java.
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pernah denger sidikalang?
ya, salah satu daerah penghasil kopi robusta terbaik di indonesia, kini tanah penghasil kopi ini terancam keberadaan tambang PT Dairi Prima Mineral (PT DPM).
sebagai yang terlahir di Sidikalang, tumbuh besar dari hasil kopi dan dan sekarang setiap butir nasi yang masuk ke perut ini adalah hasil dari kopi sidikalang, jelas menolak keberadaan PT. DPM.
warga dairi jelas menolak keberadan tambang PT. DPM yang berpotensi merusak hasil tani dan merusak alam dairi dapat menimbulkan bencana.
warga Dairi dan organisasi masyarakat sipil telah dan akan akan melaporkan lagi menteri lingkungan hidup ke Ombudsman Republik Indonesia dan ke Komnas Perempuan.
Mohon dukungan kawan kawan sekalian bagi kami warga dairi...
kalau kawan kawan disana berjuang agar pemerintah mengevaluasi perekonomian dan kebijakan indonesia, kami disini berjuang menyelamatkan tanah kelahiran kami.
kita sama sama berjuang, sampai menang.
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Investors are LOSING CONFIDENCE in Indonesian Pres. Prabowo's interventionist economic policies.
Foreign investors are abandoning Indonesia, like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Indonesian stocks are down a STUNNING 31% this year, THE WORLD'S WORST PLUNGE.
Defense Minister Koizumi's day trip to Indonesia:
•10:40: leave Japan
•17:32: arrive in Indonesia
•20:18-23:06: meetings/dinner at the President's house
•24:25-24:50: talk w/ Defense Minister at airport until 5 minutes before boarding
•26:04 - sleep
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Once seen as the darling of Southeast Asia, government policies under President Prabowo Subianto appear to be slowing Indonesia’s economic rise https://t.co/QDqdy9ovll