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Prosecutor reads BAP alleging Yaqut received $271,500, witness says details are unclear

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Prosecutors in Jakarta opened a witness examination record that allegedly listed a $271,500 payment to former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas.
  • Witness Ridwan Kurniawan said the payment was not clear in the record and told the court he had only prepared and handed over envelopes according to an allocation.
  • The record and indictment list alleged enrichment of multiple people in the case involving additional Hajj quotas for 2023-2024.

A prosecutor in Jakarta has opened a witness examination record that allegedly links former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas to a $271,500 payment in the case over additional Hajj quotas for 2023 and 2024.

This is what we have all been waiting for. This is the problem. This is what we have all been wondering about. Here is the BAP. There is a figure of $271,500 to Gus Yaqut Cholil Qoumas from a distribution of $905,000.

· KPK prosecutorThe prosecutor highlighted the alleged payment while presenting the witness examination record in court.

The record belonged to Ridwan Kurniawan, a former temporary worker at the Religious Affairs Ministry, and was read during a hearing at the Central Jakarta District Court’s Corruption Court on Tuesday. The prosecutor said the figure appeared as part of a larger $905,000 distribution.

When the prosecutor asked whether the $271,500 entry was clear, Ridwan replied, “Without diminishing my respect, there is a subsequent BAP. So, it is not clear.” The prosecutor then asked where the money had moved.

Without diminishing my respect, there is a subsequent BAP. So, it is not clear.

· Ridwan KurniawanThe witness responded when asked whether the $271,500 entry was clear.

Ridwan said allocations had been directed in specified amounts and that he had only put the money into envelopes and handed them to Rizky Fisa Abadi. The prosecutor also questioned a calculation involving three payments of $181,000, the alleged $271,500 payment and a remaining $90,500. Ridwan rejected that figure and said a later examination record contained evidence he had found.

Basically, there was an allocation directed in specified amounts. I only put it into envelopes and handed it to Mr. Rizky Fisa.

· Ridwan KurniawanHe described his role when the prosecutor asked where the alleged payment had moved.

The record, which also appears in the indictment, lists alleged enrichment involving numerous people. It attributes $475,000 and 50 million rupiah to Rizky Fisa Abadi, $308,500 to Abdul Muhyi and $512,500 plus 250 million rupiah to Ridwan. Other listed amounts range from $3,000 to $130,000, alongside additional payments in rupiah and dollars to other individuals.

It is not $90,500. Please allow me, sir. In the subsequent BAP there is information because I found evidence.

· Ridwan KurniawanHe challenged the prosecutor’s calculation of an alleged remaining amount.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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