JAKARTA - Former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas will meet the call of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as a suspect in the alleged corruption in determining quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj. This certainty was conveyed by his lawyer, Mellisa Anggraini.
"Hadir," said Mellisa when confirmed by reporters about the presence of his client through a short message, Thursday, March 12.
Mellisa said Yaqut was summoned since last week, namely March 6. "However, the KPK itself made a statement in the media as if it had not summoned. In fact, it had summoned Yaqut long before the pretrial ruling," he said.
Meanwhile, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo ultimatum Yaqut to fulfill the call as a suspect. His presence is awaited at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.
"We believe that the person concerned is cooperative and will meet this call," he said in a written statement.
As previously reported, the South Jakarta District Court (PN) rejected the pretrial lawsuit filed by former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas regarding the legality or not of the determination of suspects in the corruption of quotas and the implementation of the 2023-2024 hajj by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
The verdict was read by Single Judge of the PN Jaksel, Sulistyo Muhammad Dwi Putro, today, March 11. The application was rejected in its entirety.
"Judging: in the main case: rejecting the application of the Pre-trial Applicant for all of them," said Sulistyo as the hakom when reading the verdict.
The judge said the establishment of a suspect against Yaqut was in accordance with the Constitutional Court (MK) decision and the Supreme Court Regulation (Perma) Number 4 of 2016.
The pre-trial was filed after the KPK 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 two are suspected of causing state losses in the process of determining the Hajj quota according to the calculations of the Financial Audit Agency (BPK).
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, later 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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