Jakarta – The KPK has an impact on the people related to the corruption case of the Hajj quota 2024. “There has been 8,400 quota shifted from what should be regular,” KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters on Tuesday (8/20/2025). Regular pilgrims get as much as 18,400 or 92 percent of the additional quota. However, the distribution of the quota into the pilgrimage was divided into two or 50 percent for special Hajj and 50 percent regular Hajj. Browse to continue with corruption content, make the rope of thousands of worshipers who should leave in 2024, be canceled and return to the guard on the rope. “This means that this ordinary quota is reduced by 8,400, where 8,400 is moved to a special quota, which means that there are worshipers who are also moved the rope who, for example, have to leave an ordinary quota,” he said. With the alleged misappropriation of the spread of the special Hajj quota, Budi said there is a loss of the people. The loss was in the form of a shift in the departure of ordinary pilgrims. “Yes, it can be said that it is one of the tremendous consequences about people’s losses associated with this waiting time,” he said. This case rose to the investigation phase, but the KPK did not determine the suspect. So far, there have been a total of three parties found by the KPK abroad, one of the prevention is the former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas (YCQ). Prevention is carried out because the existence of the three in Indonesia is necessary for the investigation of the case. Prevention is done for the next 6 months. Yaqut and two others are witnesses. In this case, Yaqut was investigated Thursday (7/8). Yaqut was investigated about 4 hours. The basis of the problem of this case is the transfer of half of the additional 20 thousand Hajj quota into the Yaqut era. At a press conference on Saturday 9 August 2025 in the morning, the Deputy for the maintenance and execution of the KPK Asep Guntur raised the distribution of additional 2024 Hajj quota of 20 thousand. An additional 20 thousand HAJJ quota was obtained by 7th Indonesian President Joko Widodo after meeting with the Saudi Arabian government. The KPK said the transfer of half of the quota of additional pilgrims to special Hajj was not in line with the rules. The KPK revealed that hundreds of journey was involved in the arrangement of additional Hajj quota with the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). “Yes, of course (explore), including we spread it. Right, the journey is not just one, dozens, even if I’m not more than 100 wrong, yes. There are many,” says acting deputy for the KPK action and execution, asp Guntur Rahayu, at a press conference on the KPK Red and White, Kuningan, South -Jakarta, Tuesday (12/8). (IAL/YGS)
KPK reveals corruption of Hajj -quota stretches 8,400 regular pilgrims
