JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has pocketed the party suspected of being the initiator of the removal of evidence in the corruption case of determining quotas and organizing the 2023-2024 hajj at the Maktour Travel office, Jalan Otista, East Jakarta.
This was conveyed by KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo when asked about the disappearance of evidence at the office of the special haj organizer (PIHK) on Thursday, November 14, 2025. At that time, investigators caught the Maktour Travel party burning documents.
One of the documents that was burned, from the information collected was a manifest of the Hajj quota received by Maktour Travel.
"Of course, whoever ordered it, whoever asked the staff at MK Tour to remove the traces of the documents, we have already bagged it," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, January 14.
Budi did not specify the name of the party suspected of destroying the document. He only emphasized that the act was still being analyzed by investigators.
"Whether it then falls into the realm of obstruction of investigation, it will still be investigated. Because it will also relate to the roles concerned in the main case," 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, 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.
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