Jambi Police Receives Report Of Umrah Travel Fraud That Makes Congregants Abandoned In Jeddah

Ditreskrimum Jambi Police Kombes Andri Ananta, Thursday (16/11/2023). (ANTARA/Tuyani)

JAMBI - Jambi Regional Police (Polda) received a report from a local Umrah travel agent who reported that the owner of a trip from Jepara, Central Java was related to an alleged fraud case.

"I have met Jambi's tour leader, Nur Habibullah, who has bought tickets for Umrah pilgrims from Jeddah to Jambi using personal funds," said Director of Criminal Investigation at the Jambi Police, Kombes Andri Ananta, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, November 16.

Andri emphasized that the Jambi Regional Police were ready to oversee the report.

Meanwhile, the Jambi Umrah travel agent Nur Habibullah visited the Jambi Regional Police this afternoon.

He was accompanied by his wife to report the losses he suffered due to the owner of PT MSI Tour from Jepara, Central Java with the initials M who did not buy plane tickets for 42 pilgrims departing for Umrah on October 22, 2023.

As a result of the incident, Habib admitted that he suffered a loss of Rp. 658 million.

As Jambi's agent, Habib emphasized that he had deposited funds for the departure of the congregation to PT MSI Tour Pusat worth Rp1.2 billion.

In his report to the Jambi Regional Police, Habib brought a number of evidences such as plane tickets that were crashed which were sent by the owner of PT MSI to him, proof of the transfer of funds from the congregation and evidence of his conversation with the owner of PT MSI.

Previously, Habib said that the owner of PT MSI had asked for time to return the funds but until the time limit determined by the travel owner had not returned the funds.

This incident began when there were 42 worshipers from Jambi who could not return to their homeland because the owner of the Umrah trip from Jepara did not have a flight ticket from Jeddah to Jambi on November 4, 2023.

From that incident, Habib as Jambi's agent took the initiative to buy a congregational plane ticket using his personal funds considering that he and dozens of other worshipers no longer allowed to wait without uncertainty.