State Losses Count The Case of the Hajj Quota Corruption Will Be Resolved Soon, the Detention of the Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Staff is Waiting for Time

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the calculation of state losses in the corruption case of determining quotas and organizing the 2023-2024 hajj at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) has entered the finalization stage. The Financial Audit Agency (BPK) will immediately provide the final figures needed to complete the investigation process.

"The examination by the BPK in the context of calculating this state loss has entered the final stage, finalization," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 25.

Budi said that after completing the calculation of this loss, the corruption case of the haj quota which ensnared the former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and staff in particular, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex will soon enter a new phase.

"Of course we all also hope that it can be completed soon, we can immediately get the final value of the alleged state losses caused by this case," he said.

"So that the investigation file can also be completed soon and then we will enter the next processes," continued Budi.

As for investigating state losses, the KPK together with the BPK has examined a number of witnesses. They include Maktour Travel boss Fuad Hasan Masyhur to ex-staffs Yaqut, Ishfah Abidal Azis on Monday, January 26.

As previously reported, the KPK has announced two suspects in the corruption case for determining quotas and organizing the 2023-2024 Hajj period at the Ministry of Religion. They are former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and staff in particular, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex.

The determination of the suspect was made later, because the KPK investigated the alleged corruption by using a general investigation order (sprindik) issued on August 7, 2025.

The Sprindik general uses Article 2 Paragraph 1 and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 jo article 55 paragraph 1-1 of the Criminal Code. This means that there is state loss that occurs due to this corrupt practice.

The KPK said that the state's losses in the 2023-2024 quota and Hajj management corruption cases were said to have reached more than Rp. 1 trillion. The suspicion began with the provision of 20,000 additional Hajj quotas from the Saudi Arabian government for Indonesia to reduce the queue of 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, according to the law, the distribution should be 92 percent for regular hajj and 8 percent for special hajj.

During the course of this case, a number of parties have been examined. Among them are former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas to travel agents or travel agents who organize special hajj (PIHK), including Fuad Hasan Masyhur as the boss of Maktour.