Determination Of Corruption Suspect Hajj Quota Just Waiting For Evidence Adequacy

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the determination of the suspect in the alleged corruption of quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) was just a matter of time. Investigators only need to complete the evidence to ensnare those who must be responsible.

"As soon as possible, the KPK hopes for the adequacy of evidence so that investigators will determine which parties are responsible and become suspects in this case," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Wednesday, August 20.

In collecting evidence, continued Budi, investigators will examine a number of parties. Searches have also been carried out in a number of locations, including the Ministry of Religion office to the house of former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

"Everything will be investigated later, including electronic evidence that information related to this case will be disclosed, to be a clue and evidence in tracing who is then responsible for this alleged corruption crime," he said.

The anti-corruption commission has conducted a series of searches in several locations. Among them are the offices of the Ministry of Religion, the homes of related parties to the offices of travel agents or travel agents for Hajj and Umrah trips.

Searches at the Ministry of Religion and the homes of related parties took place conducively. The parties were cooperative.

From this activity, one unit of four-wheeled vehicles, several property assets, as well as documents and electronic evidence (BBE) related to allegations of corruption in quotas and the implementation of Hajj.

Meanwhile, at the travel agent office, the opposite is true. Investigators suspect that there are parties who are trying to eliminate evidence so that the KPK is considering the application of Article 21 of the Corruption Act related to obstruction of justice or obstruction of investigation.

Then, investigators moved to a house in the Depok area, West Java. There the investigators confiscated a four-wheeled vehicle and took it to the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

Finally, investigators searched Yaqut's house and confiscated electronic evidence. This finding will later be extracted to seek information related to allegations of corruption that is being handled.

Previously reported, the KPK has issued a general investigation warrant (sprindik) for alleged corruption in the addition of quotas and the implementation of Hajj. This institution reasoned that the issuance was carried out so that they could make forced efforts.

"With this public sprindik, we are more free to collect evidence and also collect information so that it makes light of a case that we are currently handling," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu at a press conference at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Saturday morning, August 9.

The general Sprindik uses Article 2 Paragraph 1 and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. This means that there are state losses that occur due to this rasuah practice.

State losses in the corruption case of quota and Hajj for the period 2023-2024 are said to have reached more than IDR 1 trillion. This amount is still increasing because it is only the initial calculation of the KPK which continues to coordinate with the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia.