Sick, 7 Hajj Candidates From Pamekasan And Pacitan Failed To Leave For The Holy Land, 7 Hajj Candidates From Pamekasan And Pacitan Failed To Leave For The Holy Land

Prospective Hajj Pilgrims From Bekasi (ANTARA)

SURABAYA - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of East Java stated that seven Hajj candidates from Pamekasan and Pacitan Regencies failed to leave for the Holy Land. Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion (Kanwil Kemenag) East Java Husnul Maram explained that the seven failed Hajj candidates were members of the flight group (kloter) 4, 5 and 6 Surabaya Embarkation, which should have flown to the Holy Land on Thursday, May 25, 2023. "Of the seven failed Hajj candidates, five of them came from Pamekasan Regency. Two other people from Pacitan Regency," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 26. Group 4 Surabaya Embarkation consists of pilgrims from Pamekasan Regency and Surabaya City. Meanwhile, the 5 Surabaya Embarkation groups are all from Pamekasan. Meanwhile, the 6 Surabaya Embarkation groups are filled with pilgrims from Pamekasan and Pacitan.Each batch is filled with 450 worshipers who yesterday according to the schedule have left for the Holy Land through the Surabaya Embarkation Hajj Dormitory. Husnul In detail, from the group 4 of Surabaya Embarkation, there were two prospective Hajj candidates from Pamekasan who failed to leave. "They are a married couple who decided not to leave since they were in their area of origin because one of them was sick," he said. Meanwhile, from batch 5 there were also two prospective Hajj candidates from Pamekasan who failed to leave. "From the fifth batch, a prospective hajj candidate is sick, so his assistant must accompany him," he said. In addition, Husnul emphasized, from the 6th batch of Surabaya Embarkation there were three candidates. Hajj failed to depart. "Two people came from Pacitan. One of them was sick before leaving for the Surabaya Embarkation Hajj Dormitory. His assistant was forced to accompany him until he recovered. Another person in the 6th Embarkation group from Pamekasan was also informed that he had fallen ill before leaving for the Surabaya Embarkation Hajj Dormitory," he said. Husnul Maram, who is also the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Hajj (PPIH) Surabaya Embarkation, said that for the last two days he had dispatched as much. six groups to the Holy Land. In total, there are 2,648 pilgrims who are accompanied by 30 officers. "From the pilgrims who are prospective for Hajj in the six groups that have been dispatched, we are still confiscating prohibited items according to international flight regulations," he said. The man from Gresik reminded that each prospective pilgrim can bring tobacco or cigarettes from each of them not exceeding 200 sticks.

"Officers also still found items that should have been stored in the trunk but were brought in a tateng bag that entered the aircraft cabin, such as scissors, knives, silets, barbershops and nails. Finally, they had to be confiscated," he said. According to the schedule, PPIH Embarkation Surabaya tonight released the departure of the 7th batch of pilgrims from Sumenep Regency and Surabaya City and batch 8 from Sumenep Regency, Pamekasan, Sidoarjo and Blitar City.