KPK Opens Opportunity to Extend Prevention Abroad for Maktour Boss After Conducting an Inspection

Maktour Travel boss, Fuad Hasan Masyhur/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) opened the opportunity to apply for an extension of prevention abroad to the boss of Maktour Travel, Fuad Hasan Masyhur.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said this opportunity was open so that Fuad could stay in Indonesia when his testimony was needed in the corruption case on the determination of quotas and the organization of the 2023-2024 hajj pilgrimage at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). The prevention of the businessman is known to expire in February.

"Prevent abroad or be brave against your brother FHM because the person concerned is one of the three who was prevented from going abroad by the KPK, later we will see whether there is still a need to extend his overseas prevention or not," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Wednesday, January 28.

Budi said Fuad had a central role in the corruption case in determining the Hajj quota. He also underwent an examination as a witness on Monday, January 26.

"Of course, the parties who are prevented from going abroad or blocked according to the consideration of the investigators that the presence of the person concerned is needed to remain in Indonesia so that they can follow the investigation processes, examinations, yes," he said.

Meanwhile, Fuad after undergoing an examination claimed that the matter of distributing additional Hajj quotas in 2023-2024 to the Ministry of Religion. He as a travel agency entrepreneur or travel agent organizer of special pilgrimage (PIHK) only filled the quota that had been determined.

"All of that is the responsibility of the Ministry of Religion (now changed to the Ministry of Religion). We don't know anything else. We were told to fill (the additional Hajj quota), we filled it," he told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, January 26.

Fuad claimed that Maktour only received an additional quota for special hajj of less than 300. This statement also serves to clarify information in the community that states otherwise.

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.