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Hajj quota corruption case involving former minister transferred to court
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Hajj quota corruption case involving former minister transferred to court

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will transfer the case files of former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and his special staff to court.
  • The case involves alleged corruption related to additional Hajj quota for 2023-2024, with two private sector suspects also included.
  • The KPK estimates the alleged corruption has cost the state Rp622 billion, involving over 300 travel bureaus.

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to transfer the case files of former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and his special staff, Ishfah Abidal Aziz, to the court. They will be tried alongside two other suspects from the hajj and umrah bureau sector.

The investigation concerns alleged corruption in the additional Hajj quota for the 2023-2024 period. The two other suspects are Ismail Adham, Director of Operations at PT Makassar Toraja (Maktour), and Asrul Azis Taba, Chairman of the Kesthuri Association and Commissioner of PT Raudah Eksati Utama. The KPK has been accelerating the case preparation, including examining witnesses, with the transfer to the court expected soon.

All four suspects have been detained. The KPK identified over 300 travel bureaus involved in the additional Hajj quota practices, with some bureaus hesitant to provide information regarding the alleged buying and selling of these quotas. The investigation is being conducted under articles related to state financial losses.

According to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia, the alleged corruption in the additional Hajj quota for 2023-2024 is estimated to have caused state financial losses amounting to Rp622 billion.

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