JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that the determination of suspects for alleged corruption in determining quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj was waiting for the calculation of state losses.
This was conveyed by the Chairman of the KPK Setyo Budiyanto who was asked about the excuse of waiting for the calculation of state losses by the Financial Audit Agency (BPK) to determine the suspects. In fact, there are a number of cases in the KPK that have been determined suspects even though the process has not been completed by the authorized auditor.
"It's not waiting for the final, that's it, yes. It's not like that. But there are things that want to ensure that everything is proven, everything is checked, everything is indeed qualified," Setyo told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, January 7.
Setyo claimed that his party was committed to completing the case of corruption in the haj quota. "Yes, we will just wait," he said.
"Later there will be updates, there will be information to be conveyed. The process is still ongoing, the stages are being worked on. Investigators will certainly do their work according to what is their duty or authority and in my opinion there is no problem of time," continued Setyo who once served as Director of Investigation of the KPK.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chairman of the KPK Fitroh Rohcahyanto said that coordination with the BPK had been running and there was an agreement that the calculation of state losses would be calculated with a certain method. But, he did not explain in detail.
"What is certain is that the team has communicated with the BPK team, which, God willing, has reached a mutual agreement that it can be counted. That's all," said Fitroh at the same location.
As previously reported, the KPK has issued a general investigation order (sprindik) regarding alleged corruption in determining quotas and organizing the 2023-2024 Hajj period on August 7, 2025. This institution reasoned that the issuance was carried out so that they could make efforts to force requests for information or searches.
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.
Then the evidence was also obtained by investigators after carrying out a series of searches at various locations. Yaqut's house was also searched and documents were found.
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