Cak Imin Regarding The Suspect In The Hajj Quota Case: The Legal Process Has A Mechanism, Just Wait

Chairman of the Central Executive Board of the National Awakening Party Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar gave a statement at the PKB DPP Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (24/9/2025). (ANTARA/Rio Feisal)

Chairman of the PKB Central Executive Board (DPP) Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar alias Cak Imin asked the public to wait for the results of the investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the alleged corruption of quotas and the implementation of Hajj at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) in 2023 2024.

"We'll wait," said Cak Imin at the PKB DPP Office, Jakarta, Wednesday, which was confiscated by Antara.

He invited the public to wait because every legal process always has its own mechanism.

"All legal processes have a mechanism. We'll just have to wait," he said.

Previously, the KPK announced that it would start investigating cases of alleged corruption in determining quotas and organizing Hajj services at the Ministry of Religion in 2023-2024, namely on August 9, 2025.

The announcement was made by the KPK after asking for information from former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas in the investigation of the case on August 7, 2025.

At that time, the KPK also said that it was communicating with the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to calculate state financial losses in the hajj quota case.

On August 11, 2025, the KPK announced an initial calculation of state losses in the case reached more than IDR 1 trillion, and prevented three people from traveling abroad, one of which was former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

On September 18, 2025, the KPK suspected that 13 associations and 400 Hajj travel agencies were involved in the case.

In addition to being handled by the KPK, the Indonesian House of Representatives' Hajj Angket Special Committee previously stated that it had found a number of irregularities in the implementation of the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage.

The main point highlighted by the special committee is regarding the distribution of quotas 50 compared to 50 from the allocation of 20,000 additional quotas provided by the Government of Saudi Arabia.

At that time, the Ministry of Religion divided an additional 10,000 quota for regular Hajj and 10,000 for special Hajj.

This is not in accordance with Article 64 of Law Number 8 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of Hajj and Umrah, which regulates a special hajj quota of 8 percent, while 92 percent for regular hajj quotas.