D+10 Departure Of Indonesian Congregants, 25,929 Hajj Candidates Already In The Holy Land

Illustration of prospective Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia on departure in 2022. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) stated that as many as 25,929 Indonesian Hajj candidates had departed for the Holy Land until the tenth day of the operation of the 1443 Hijriah/2022 AD Hajj pilgrimage.

"Today, 2,809 hajj candidates will be dispatched in seven flying groups (klotters) from five embarkations," said Saudi Arabia Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) spokesman Akhmad Fauzin when giving a press statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday 14 June.

He detailed the five embarkations, namely two groups each from the Jakarta-Pondok Gede Embarkation or JKG (786 people) and Jakarta-Bekasi or JKS (820 people). Then one batch departs from the Banjarmasin or BDJ Embarkation (360 people), Medan or MES (393), and Surabaya or SUB (450).

In addition, as many as 3,154 Indonesian Hajj candidates or eight groups have arrived in Mecca from Medina in the two-day departure phase.

Pilgrims who departed in the first batch will be in Mecca until the peak of the pilgrimage (Arafah-Muzdalifah-Mina), then return to the country.

As of today, it is reported that 49 pilgrims are sick, with details of 43 people having to undergo outpatient treatment and six people being treated at the Indonesian Hajj Health Clinic (KKHI) in Medina.

"The congregation who died increased by one person in the name of Bawuk Karso Samirun, female, 58 years old, passport number C636 8711, SUB4 crew from the Surabaya Embarkation. So, a total of three Indonesian Hajj candidates died," he said.

Previously, the pilgrims' hotel in Mecca was divided into five areas, namely Misfalah (distance from the Grand Mosque about two km), Mahbas Jin (2 km), Jarwal (850 m), Raudhah (3.5 km), and Syisyah (4 km). .

"Each accommodation has bedroom facilities with en-suite bathrooms, a dining room, a prayer room, a washing machine and a place to dry clothes," he said.

Fauzin said the quality of accommodation services for Indonesian pilgrims is equivalent to a 3 star hotel. Cleaners and accommodation security officers will be on hand. Pilgrims will also get zamzam water and one liter of mineral water per person every day.

The Ministry of Religion appealed to pilgrims to maintain the cleanliness of their rooms and other rooms, dispose of garbage in its place, not to cook in the room, not to smoke in the bedroom, and not to make clotheslines in the room.