Hundreds of Passport Findings for Hajj and Umrah Pilgrims in BSD Serpong Are Said to Be No Longer Valid

JAKARTA - An amateur video recording went viral on social media regarding the presence of a number of passports belonging to Hajj and Umrah pilgrims scattered on Jalan Letjen Sutopo, South Tangerang.

In the video, there is a pile of old passports, some of which still contain photos, the identity of the owner, to the Hajj and Umrah travel stickers.

Responding to the findings, the Tangerang Special Class I Immigration Office (Kanimsus) through the Intelligence and Immigration Enforcement (Inteldakim) conducted field checks. In addition, Inteldakim officers also coordinated with related parties.

However, when the check was carried out, the Inteldakim officers no longer found the pile of passports.

Officers only found two passport covers that had lost the biodata page and the contents page, as well as one sheet of proof of Hajj deposit.

It turns out, after being traced by the Tangerang Kanimsus officers, a number of passports had been secured by the area security officers and handed over to the Serpong Police.

"Furthermore, the Serpong Police handed over the evidence to the Tangerang Special Class I Immigration Office (Kanimsus) for further action," said Head of Intelligence and Enforcement of Immigration at the Tangerang Special Class I Immigration Office, Bong Bong Prakoso Napitupulu, when confirmed, Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Meanwhile, based on the results of the search for evidence of the haj deposit, it was found that the passport found had expired and had been used for the implementation of the haj pilgrimage.

"The evidence received was in the form of 129 old Indonesian Republic passport covers and one Indonesian Republic passport that has expired," said Bong Bong.

Meanwhile, based on the initial examination, all the passport covers no longer have a biographical page or an entry page.

He also admitted that he had coordinated with the South Tangerang Ministry of Hajj Regional Office to obtain information and conduct in-depth research on the documents found.

"Based on the results of the coordination, the evidence found was indeed an old passport that had expired belonging to the pilgrims who had departed and was under the responsibility of the South Tangerang Regional Office of the Ministry of Hajj," he said.

Currently, the South Tangerang Regional Office of the Ministry of Hajj is still conducting a search to find out the chronology of the loss of the document from the supervision of the South Tangerang Regional Office of the Ministry of Hajj, resulting in it being scattered on the road.

"We appeal to the South Tangerang Regional Office of the Ministry of Hajj to evaluate the mechanism for returning old passports that are no longer valid for pilgrims so that similar incidents do not recur in the future," he said.

"All people are also urged to keep their passport documents properly and safely, because passports are official state documents that must be properly maintained by each owner," he added.