JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined the representative of the Alliance of the People for Indonesian Justice and Welfare (ARUKKI) as a reporter of alleged ethical violations related to the transfer of the status of former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas as a house prisoner.
ARUKKI Chairman, Marselinus Edwin Hardian said the summons was to provide clarification on his report. As the reporter, the KPK Head, KPK Enforcement and Enforcement Deputy to the KPK Spokesperson.
"Today I came as a complainant or reporter to be questioned to be asked for clarification about what the basis is for us to report this. Then we explained that we made this report, there are several bases," Edwin told reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 15.
In his report, Edwin said, there were several things such as the alleged non-compliance of the respondents with Article 5 Letter b of the KPK Law regarding the principle of openness. The public is said to have the right to know about the transfer of the status of detainees for Yaqut who is a suspect in the case of alleged corruption in the 2023-2024 Hajj quota at the Ministry of Religion.
However, the respondents did not publicly convey this transfer of the status of this prisoner so that the public knew about it from one of the wives of the KPK prisoner.
In addition, Edwin said, another reporting point was the difference between the statement of the KPK Spokesperson, Budi Prasetyo, and the Deputy for Enforcement and Enforcement of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu regarding the reason for the transfer of Yaqut's detention.
Budi said Yaqut's status as a prisoner was transferred due to a request from the family. Meanwhile, Asep said Yaqut had been a house prisoner for health reasons.
According to Erwin, this difference shows the dishonesty of the KPK in presenting a clear reason. This statement also raises questions, including about the claim of the investigation strategy for the corruption case of the haj quota.
Edwin also suspected that there was special treatment from the KPK against Yaqut, because both the KPK Spokesperson and other officials never explained about similar incidents as experienced by Yaqut, especially about being under house arrest, also experienced by other detainees.
"Later, what about other prisoners, yes, other suspects who then make the same claim with various excuses, making this a precedent. So this is a bad precedent, later people will hope that this is not equality before the law, not equal law. We should also be granted that only that person can. Well, this is a mess again, our law enforcement," said Edwin.
Furthermore, Edwin admitted that the Dewas KPK responded well to the report he submitted. He also said that Dewas would immediately respond to his report and call on the parties concerned.
As previously reported, former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas had been under house arrest since Thursday, March 19. The transfer of the status of detention was carried out after there was a request from the family on March 17 or five days after the detention on Thursday, March 12.
The KPK claims that the change in status from prison detention to house arrest has been reviewed and is in accordance with Article 108 paragraph (1) and (11) of Law Number 20 of 2025 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code.
Article 108 paragraph (11) regulates that the transfer of type of detention can be carried out based on an investigation order which is given to the suspect, the suspect's family, and the interested parties.
After the polemics, the KPK again detained Yaqut at the Red and White KPK Branch Detention Center on Tuesday, March 24. This process began with a health examination first at Bhayangkara Hospital Tk. I. R. Said Sukanto, East Jakarta on Monday, March 23.
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