5 Directors Of Travel Hajj And Operational Manager Of Amphuri Called By KPK At Yogyakarta Police

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned five directors of travel agents or travel agents of special Hajj organizers (PIHK) and the Operational Manager of the Muslim Association of Hajj and Umrah Organizers of the Republic of Indonesia (Amphuri) Gugi Harry Wahyudi today, October 21.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the six people were summoned as witnesses in the quota corruption case and the implementation of the 2023-2024 Hajj pilgrimage at the Ministry of Religion.

The travel agent directors who were summoned were Siti Aisyah as Director of PT Saibah Mulia Mandiri; Mochamad Iqbal as Director of PT Wanda Fatimah Zahra; and Mifdol Abdurrahman as Director of PT Nur Ramadhan Wisata.

Then Tri Winarto was also summoned as Director of PT Firdaus Mulia Abadi; and Retno Anugerah Andriyani as Director of PT Hajar Aswad Mubaroq. All of them were questioned outside the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"The investigation will be carried out at the Yogyakarta Police," Budi told reporters, Tuesday, October 21.

The investigators will not specify the material from the six witnesses. Budi only said that the six were believed to know the fraudulent practices related to the hajj quota being investigated.

"The KPK has scheduled an examination of witnesses suspected of corruption related to the hajj quota for the implementation of Indonesian Hajj in 2023-2024," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK is investigating allegations of corruption related to quotas and the implementation of Hajj in 2023-2024 at the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). No suspects have been named for using a general investigation warrant (sprindik).

The generalized sprindik uses Article 2 Paragraph 1 and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. This means that there are state losses that occur due to this corrupt practice.

State losses in the corruption case of quota and Hajj for the period 2023-2024 are said to have reached more than IDR 1 trillion. This number is still increasing because it is only the initial calculation of the KPK which continues to coordinate with the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

This case stems from the provision of 20,000 additional Hajj quotas from the Saudi Arabian government for Indonesia to reduce queues for pilgrims. However, the distribution turned out to be problematic because it was divided equally, namely 50 percent for regular Hajj and 50 percent for special Hajj based on the Decree (SK) of the Minister of Religion signed by Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.

In fact, based on the law, the distribution should be 92 percent for regular Hajj and 8 percent for special Hajj.

Later, the distribution of problems was allegedly due to money from the Hajj and Umrah travel parties as well as the associations that oversee the Ministry of Religion. After getting the allotment, they sold the additional quota to prospective pilgrims.

During the investigation process, a number of parties have been questioned, including Yaqut Cholil Qoumas. Investigators have also searched his house and found documents and electronic evidence that are suspected to be related.