Using Data To Investigate Allegations Of Corruption In Hajj Quota, The KPK Does Not Plan To Summon The Special Committee Of The DPR

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will not summon the DPR's Special Committee (Pansus) in investigating allegations of corruption in quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the decision not to summon the Hajj Special Committee was helped by the data provided. The findings obtained also became enrichment to examine a number of witnesses.

"KPK was also greatly helped by the information on the results of the Hajj Special Committee which was held at that time," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, October 9.

One of the findings of the special committee that was followed up, according to Budi, was related to the discretion of distributing an additional 20,000 hajj quotas through a Decree (SK) of the Minister of Religion signed by Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

"We have studied and analyzed the information from the special committee at that time and it also helps fellow investigators to continue to investigate related to this case by calling witnesses," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK is investigating allegations of corruption related to quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). No suspects have been named for using a general investigation warrant (sprindik).

The generalized 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 number 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, 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.

During the investigation process, a number of parties have been questioned, including Yaqut Cholil Qoumas. Investigators have also searched his house and found documents and electronic evidence that are suspected to be related.