They are expected to deliver their verdict later this month.

On Tuesday, June 2, former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim has delivered his final defense statement, maintaining his absolute innocence against charges that carry a potential 18-year prison sentence. To counter the prosecution's alleged 2.1 trillion rupiah (US$118 billion) loss, Makarim leaned into some tech-sector logic, arguing that the ministry's shift to Chrome OS actually saved the government 3.9 trillion rupiah (US$219 billion). The court now faces the ultimate cross-examination: weighing a prosecutor's allegations of unlawful conduct against a former founder’s calculations of public ROI.