KPK suspects Maktour's senior as the initiator of the destruction of documents related to the Hajj quota corruption

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that Maktour Travel officials ordered the destruction of evidence related to the corruption case on the determination of quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj before the search was carried out some time ago. The name of the initiator is said to be in the hands of investigators.

From the information obtained, the destruction of the evidence was carried out by a staff of Maktour Travel and was discovered by investigators. Several documents, including the Hajj quota manifest received by the travel agency or travel agent, were reportedly burned.

"The information obtained by the investigators, the alleged disappearance of evidence was carried out by MK Tour parties. Of course, the top is so, yes, it will also be investigated," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, January 30.

Even so, Budi was still reluctant to talk about the alleged disappearance of the evidence. Investigators are said to be still conducting an analysis related to the findings obtained in the field.

"From the information obtained by the investigators, then the investigators also conducted an analysis of the alleged disappearance of the evidence," he said.

As for after the discovery of the alleged destruction of evidence, the KPK has asked for information from a number of Maktour Travel employees.

Then, the owner of the Maktour Group, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, was also examined. He was also prevented from going abroad with the former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and staff in particular, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex who had been named a suspect.

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, based on legislation, the distribution should be 92 percent for regular hajj and 8 percent for special hajj.