JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has collected the exact amount of state losses in the corruption case of determining quotas and organizing the 2023-2024 hajj at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). The Financial Audit Agency (BPK) is said to have completed its work since the beginning of this week.
"Yes, it's true (the KPK has received the results of the calculation of state losses by the BPK in the corruption case of determining quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj, ed)," said Deputy Head of Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu when confirmed by VOI, Friday, February 27.
Asep has not detailed how much the state's financial losses are based on the BPK's findings as an auditor. He only said that the file had been submitted since February 24.
"Tuesday (delivered, ed). ... Later the spokesperson, Budi Prasetyo (who explained, ed)," he said.
Meanwhile, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo did not want to say much about the final results of the calculation of state losses. "The calculation is still being coordinated," he said without elaborating.
BPK together with KPK investigators, has asked for information from a number of parties in this case. Including against the former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and staff in particular, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex some time ago.
Yaqut even gave additional explanations to the BPK on Wednesday, February 11. This was conveyed by his lawyer, Mellisa Anggraeni, who also denied his client receiving money in this case.
"We also emphasize that there has never been a flow of funds in any form to Mr. Yaqut Cholil Qoumas related to the 2024 Hajj quota policy," Mellisa said then in a written statement.
Instead of receiving money, Mellisa said, the Minister of Religion's Decree Number 130 of 2024 regarding the Hajj quota was drafted and determined by considering the legal and technical aspects of the implementation of the Hajj, especially in order to maintain the safety, service, and interests of the Hajj pilgrims.
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 haj management corruption cases were said to have reached more than Rp1 trillion based on internal calculations. However, the Financial Audit Agency (BPK) has been joined to ensure the final figure.
The case began with the provision of 20,000 additional Hajj quotas from the Saudi Arabian government for Indonesia to reduce the queue of pilgrims.
However, this additional quota is problematic because it is 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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