Jakarta, May 13 -- Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-year prison sentence for former education minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim over alleged corruption in a multibillion-rupiah Chromebook procurement scheme.

"Prosecutors request the defendant be found guilty of jointly committing corruption as charged in the primary indictment," Roy Riady of the Attorney General's Office told the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday.

Nadiem, who served as minister of education, culture, research and technology from 2019 to 2024, is also facing a 1 billion rupiah (US$57,000) fine, or an additional 190 days in jail if the fines remain unpaid.

Prosecutors further demanded he pay 809.59 billion rupiah in compensation, with a subsidiary nine-yea...