JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that 20,000 additional quotas of Hajj from the Saudi Arabian government in 2023 will be sold to a number of prospective pilgrims and they can certainly depart in 2024 without lining up.
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said sales were made by travel agents or travel agents of Hajj and Umrah who received additional hajj quota quotas from the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag).
"Selling and buying quotas conducted by investigators is the sale and purchase carried out by the organizers of this pilgrimage, yes, which is carried out by travel agencies," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, September 4.
"Because there is a sale and purchase of this quota, then it is traded to new prospective pilgrims who then without waiting in line can immediately leave in 2024," he continued.
Budi said this condition was not in accordance with the allocation of additional hajj quotas. This is because the gift from the Saudi Arabian government should be to break down the queues for pilgrims.
In addition, it is suspected that there was a flow of money received by the Ministry of Religion. "This means that it also hinders the pilgrims who had previously queued up to leave that year," said Budi.
"Well, then from the sale and purchase of quotas there are allegations that some money has flow from these travel agencies to related parties at the Ministry of Religion," he said.
Previously reported, the KPK has issued a general investigation warrant (sprindik) for alleged corruption in the addition of quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024. This institution reasoned that the issuance was carried out so that they could make forced efforts.
The general 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 amount 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, 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 the law, the distribution should be 92 percent for regular Hajj and 8 percent for special Hajj.
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