Total Riau Hajj Candidates Flying To Makkah 2,312 Pilgrims, 7 Canceled Departure

Illustration of a pilgrim from Indonesia departing for the Holy Land. (Between)a

RIAU - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) Riau announced a total of 2,312 pilgrims from the Hajj Embarkation Between Riau Province who departed for the Holy Land.

Head of the Riau Ministry of Religion Regional Office who is also Deputy Chair I of the Hajj Embarkation Organizing Committee (PPIH) for Hajj Embarkation between Riau, H Mahyudin, said as many as 13 pilgrims completed a total of 2,312 hajj candidates departing on Monday 27 June. The 13 congregants came from batch 12 of Batam Embarkation.

"So the process for the departure of the Hajj pilgrims has ended through the Hajj Embarkation Between Riau Provinces," he said in a statement in Pekanbaru, Tuesday, June 28.

Mahyudin explained that the quota for Riau hajj candidates was 2,320 pilgrims. However, there were 8 pilgrims who were prospective Hajj pilgrims "open seats".

Furthermore, Die said, 7 Hajj candidates and 1 more quota were not filled because there were 6 people or 3 pairs of reserve congregants entitled to depart, so it was impossible to send one person separately.

He added, with the departure of 5 full and 2 combined batches, the Antara Hajj Embarkation had already dispatched 2,280 regular hajj candidates, 20 crew members, and 12 Regional Hajj Service Officers, and it was recorded that 7 pilgrims had canceled or delayed their departure.

"The Riau Province hajj pilgrims are expected to return to the country starting on July 29, 2022 until August 8, 2022 by using a Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft with an arrival time of Batch 4 BTH at 12.30 WIB, Group 5 BTH at 16.00 WIB on July 31, 2022," he said.

Followed by Batch 5 BTH at 20.16 WIB. Group 6 BTH at 20.20 WIB, Group 7 BTH at 20.25 WIB, Group 8 BTH at 20.30 WIB and Group 9 BTH at 20.35 WIB and Group 12 BTH at 19.35 WIB.

The total number of prospective hajj pilgrims from 12 districts/cities in Riau departing for the Holy Land in 2022, the details are as follows: from Pekanbaru as many as 468 people; Bengkalis 133; Indragiri Hilir 307; Indragiri Hulu 101; Dumai 86; Rokan Hulu 240; Rokan Hilir 129;

Furthermore, Kuantan Singingi 114; Pelalawan 140; Meranti Islands 65; Siak as many as 107; and Kampar Regency as many as 390 people.

Meanwhile, the congregations of prospective Riau hajj pilgrims who have canceled or postponed their departure in 2022 are:

(1) BTH 6 400081658 Nurmainis Jamaran Abdullah (61 years old) due to illness from Pekanbaru, (2) BTH 6 400080549 Sulaiman Abdul Razak Bagung (63 years) due to illness (from Pekanbaru), (3) BTH 8 400080487 Moehamad Iksan Ahmad Rasam ( 55 years) due to illness (Rokan Hilir), (4) BTH 8 400080486 Sawi Utami Ramin (54 years) The companion Moehammad Iksan from Rokan Hilir, (5) BTH 9 400080035 Fatimah Abdul Hamid (58 years) died in Dumai, (6) BTH 12 400080442 Emzahari Ali Amran (56 years) Companion (Pekanbaru), (7) BTH 12 400080441 Isra Samianty Masud (56 years) due to illness (from Pekanbaru).