MEKKAH - Saudi Arabia's Head of the Hajj Organizing Committee (PPIH) Arsad Hidayat said pilgrims were only allowed to bring three bags on the flight back to the country.
"We explained that when they returned home, pilgrims were only allowed to bring luggage, handbags and passport bags. A maximum of 32 kg of luggage and a maximum of seven kg of hand luggage and a passport bag," said Arsad in Jeddah as reported by ANTARA, Monday, July 18.
Arsad said the pilgrims at the airport were still found carrying bags of personal protective equipment or bags of medical equipment that were distributed at the time of departure.
"I found the congregation protesting why when they arrived they were allowed to bring a medical bag, but when they returned they were not allowed to carry it," he said.
Arsad said he would continue to disseminate information to officials in Mecca and Medina so that they could be conveyed to the congregation about the rules that they were only allowed to carry three bags.
Meanwhile, until the fourth day of repatriation of the first batch of pilgrims since July 15, 2022, it went relatively smoothly.
Previously, there were still congregations carrying Zamzam water in their luggage, so they were returned to be dismantled by the congregation themselves.
This, according to him, is a lesson for other congregants about anything that is put in a suitcase, including zamzam water, will be removed.
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