JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas would be summoned this week. He will be questioned regarding alleged corruption in determining quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj.
"It is likely this week, if I am not mistaken," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, December 15 evening.
Asep said his party had sent a summons letter. "Last week," he said.
Even so, Asep is not willing to talk about when the time is right.
"The point is, it's waiting," he said, who also serves as the KPK's Director of Investigation.
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In this case, Yaqut has already been questioned on September 1. At that time, he was questioned about the different rules for distributing the additional 20,000 Hajj quotas that Indonesia received from the Saudi Arabian government in 2023-2024.
As previously reported, the KPK has issued a general investigation order (sprindik) for alleged corruption in adding quotas and organizing the hajj. This institution reasoned that the issuance was carried out so that they could carry out coercive efforts.
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 state's losses in the 2023-2024 quota and Hajj corruption cases are said to have reached more than Rp1 trillion. This number is still increasing because it is only the initial count of the KPK which continues to coordinate with the Financial Supervisory Board (BPK).
This case started 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.
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