After Being Questioned By The KPK, Maktour Boss Emphasized That Integrity And Public Services Are Prioritized

JAKARTA - Travel agent entrepreneur Maktour, Fuad Hasan Mansyur, has finished giving information to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today.

He admitted that he had explained all his knowledge regarding the investigation of alleged corruption in quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024.

"(The examination, ed) is about how the additional quota is, that's all. We provide an explanation," said Fuad to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 28.

Fuad was questioned from this morning until 16.31 WIB.

"God willing, as a guest of Allah, Maktour for 41 years, has integrity, continues to maintain," he said.

Fuad said Maktour received a special hajj quota of small and limited amounts.

"So, there is no saying up to thousands of anything. No, yes," said the entrepreneur.

Maktour, continued Fuad, in the future it will improve the quality of service to pilgrims and Umrah. He also said that the additional quota for Hajj from the Saudi Arabian government must be maintained.

"We do take good care of this additional quota, because it concerns the two countries. The prize given by the Saudi government is very good," he said.

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.

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 corrupt 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).

This case began with the provision of 20,000 additional Hajj quotas from the Saudi Arabian government for Indonesia to reduce queues for pilgrims.

However, recently the distribution turned out to be problematic because it was divided equally, namely 50 percent for regular Hajj and 50 percent for special Hajj.

In fact, based on the law, the distribution should be 92 percent for regular Hajj and 8 percent for special Hajj.