JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Dewas KPK) stated that it followed up on a number of public complaints regarding the transfer of the status of detention of suspects in the alleged corruption case of the haj quota and former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas some time ago.
The follow-up process for public complaints is carried out in accordance with the applicable standard operational procedures and procedures.
"We really appreciate the public's participation in overseeing the implementation of the law at the KPK," said KPK Dewas Chairman Gusrizal in a statement confirmed in Jakarta, Wednesday, as quoted by Antara.
Gusrizal explained that the Dewas KPK had previously received complaints from the public since March 25, 2026.
The complaint, he said, questioned the legal and ethical basis behind the decision to transfer Yaqut's detention status from a state detention house (rutan) to house arrest.
Furthermore, he said that the Dewas KPK had received and disposed of every complaint that had been entered to be followed up as soon as possible since March 30, 2026.
Meanwhile, he said the Dewas KPK was committed not to relax the function of supervision, so it would continue to monitor every stage of handling the Hajj quota case, especially in terms of ethics and behavior of KPK personnel to ensure that there is no abuse of authority in the future.
Therefore, he said, the Dewas KPK invited the public to continue to monitor and provide constructive input to the anti-corruption agency.
According to him, the independence and integrity of the KPK can only be maintained if the mechanism of mutual testing or check and balance between the internal KPK and the public runs harmoniously for the sake of upholding justice in Indonesia.
Previously, on August 9, 2025, the KPK began investigating a case of alleged corruption related to the 2023-2024 Hajj quota for Indonesia.
The KPK on January 9, 2026 announced that former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex as Yaqut's special staff as suspects in the case.
Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur as the owner of the Maktour Hajj organizing office was not named a suspect, although he was temporarily barred from going abroad.
On February 27, 2026, the KPK announced that it had received an audit from the Indonesian Financial Supervisory Board (BPK) regarding state financial losses due to the Hajj quota case.
Then on March 4, 2026, the KPK announced that the state's financial losses due to the case reached Rp. 622 billion.
On March 12, 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut Cholil at the KPK Red and White Building Branch State Detention House.
Then on March 17, 2026, the KPK detained Gus Alex at the KPK Anti-Corruption Education Center Building Branch Detention Center.
On the same date, Yaqut Cholil's family appealed to the KPK to make the former Minister of Religion a house arrest. The KPK then granted the request and Yaqut became a house arrest since March 19, 2026.
On March 23, 2026, the KPK announced that it was processing the transfer of Yaqut Cholil's detention from house arrest to prison detention. On March 24, 2026, Yaqut officially became a prisoner of the KPK Detention Center.
On March 30, 2026, the KPK announced two new suspects in the case. They are Maktour Operations Director Ismail Adham, and the General Chairman of the Indonesian Republic of Hajj Umrah Tour Travel Union (Kesthuri) Asrul Aziz Taba.
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