Khalid Basalamah's Number Of Money Returned Was Not Revealed By The KPK: Entering Investigation Materials

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has kept the amount of money returned by the owner of PT Zahra Oto Mandiri or Uhud Tour, Khalid Zeed Abdullah Basalamah or Khalid Basalamah.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said his party would not disclose the details of Khalid's return. This is because this process is related to the investigation of alleged corruption in quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 at the Ministry of Religion.

"Currently we have not been able to convey the details, yes, the amount of how much money was returned and then what the return mechanism was like. It went to the investigation material," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, September 22.

Budi said all information related to the alleged corruption of the hajj quota would be conveyed during the determination of the suspect.

"So indeed we, the KPK, have not been able to convey the information clearly," he said.

"But later on, of course, the KPK will open the construction of this case as a form of transparency and accountability of the legal approach process at the KPK," continued Budi.

Khalid Basalamah conveyed that he returned the money related to the corruption case of quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 when he was present on a podcast that was broadcast on YouTube. He also conveyed various information related to his examination by the KPK on September 9.

Including the question of his departure and hundreds of worshipers to the Holy Land using a special hajj quota which turned out to be problematic.

Meanwhile, after undergoing an examination at the anti-corruption commission office, Khalid admitted that he was examined by the KPK as a witness for leaving as a congregation along with hundreds of other people.

He had admitted, along with hundreds of other people, he initially departed using a furoda hajj visa.

However, he shifted to a special pilgrimage whose quota turned out to be problematic because he received an offer from Ibnu Masud who was a Commissioner of PT Muhibbah Mulia Wisata.

Khalid also claimed that Uhud Tour could not dispatch pilgrims because it was not a travel agent or travel agent for the special pilgrimage organizer (PIHK).

"The language is Ibnu Masud to us, PT Muhibbah (can, red) an additional quota of 20,000 from the Ministry of Religion. Because we received an official discussion from the Ministry of Religion and I was registered as a congregation at PT Muhibbah," he told reporters, Tuesday, September 9.

Previously reported, the KPK said that allegations of corruption related to quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) would enter a new chapter. In the near future, the suspects will be announced because the process is running using a general investigation warrant (sprindik).

This case stems from the provision of 20,000 additional Hajj quotas from the Saudi Arabian government for Indonesia to reduce queues for pilgrims. However, the distribution turned out to be problematic because it was divided equally, namely 50 percent for regular Hajj and 50 percent for special Hajj based on the Decree (SK) of the Minister of Religion signed by Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

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

Later, the distribution of problems was allegedly due to money from the Hajj and Umrah travel parties as well as the associations that oversee the Ministry of Religion. After getting the allotment, they sold the additional quota to prospective pilgrims.