JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said it is currently focusing on summoning the haj organizing bureau after naming two new suspects in the case of alleged corruption in the haj quota a few days ago.
"In the investigation of this case, investigators are still focusing on calling PIHK (special haj organizers) or the haj organizing bureau. Moreover, the focus of the investigators is how to optimize asset recovery," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta, Wednesday.
Budi explained that investigators focused on this because the value of state financial losses based on the calculation of the Indonesian Financial Supervisory Agency (BPK) reached IDR 622 billion, so it must be pursued so that recovery can be optimal.
"Can it be optimal, from where? Yes, of course from these PIHKs who then get the benefits of the process or mechanism for distributing the quota for the hajj, which is carried out in ways that are suspected of being against the law," he said.
Meanwhile, he said the KPK ensured that the investigation into the Hajj quota case continued to experience positive developments.
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.
The KPK announced two new suspects in the case, namely on March 30, 2026. They are the Director of Operations of Maktour Ismail Adham, and the General Chairman of the Union of Tour Travel Haji Umrah of the Republic of Indonesia (Kesthuri) Asrul Aziz Taba.
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