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        "id": 1636603,
        "msgid": "kpk-discussed-potential-public-reaction-before-yaqut-became-house-detainee-1774525906",
        "date": "2026-03-26 18:26:02",
        "title": "KPK Discussed Potential Public Reaction Before Yaqut Became House Detainee",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) considered potential public reactions during internal discussions before approving the transfer of former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas from state detention to house arrest in a corruption case involving the 2023-2024 Hajj quota. This decision, made as an institutional choice, weighed legal norms, case strategy, and broader impacts amid ongoing investigations that revealed state losses exceeding Rp622 billion. The case highlights challenges in high-profile anti-corruption probes, including pre-trial challenges and adjustments to detention arrangements.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated\nthat it had discussed the potential or possibility of public reaction\nbefore deciding to transfer the detention of the suspect in the alleged\nHajj quota corruption case, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, from a state detention\ncentre (rutan) to house arrest. \u201cOf course, yes,\u201d said KPK Deputy for\nEnforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu at the KPK Red and White\nBuilding in Jakarta on Thursday. Asep explained that this was discussed\nin one of the KPK meetings following a request from the family of the\nformer Minister of Religious Affairs regarding the transfer of detention\nfrom rutan to house arrest. \u201cSo, it was not a personal decision. It was\nan institutional decision, and of course, it considered, first, whether\nthe legal norms allow it. Then it also considered the impacts and other\nmatters,\u201d he said. He also mentioned that the meeting considered the\nstrategy for handling the Hajj quota case. Previously, on 9 August 2025,\nthe KPK began investigating the alleged corruption case related to\nIndonesia\u2019s Hajj quota for 2023-2024. On 11 August 2025, the KPK\nannounced an initial calculation of state losses in the case exceeding\nRp1 trillion, and prevented three individuals from travelling abroad for\nthe next six months. Those prevented were former Minister of Religious\nAffairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex as\nYaqut\u2019s special staff, and Fuad Hasan Masyhur as the owner of the\nMaktour Hajj organising bureau. However, Yaqut Cholil filed a pre-trial\nrequest against the suspect determination at the South Jakarta District\nCourt on 10 February 2026, registered under case number\n19\/Pid.Pra\/2026\/PN JKT.SEL. On 19 February 2026, the KPK announced an\nextension of the travel ban only for Yaqut Cholil and Gus Alex, while\nFuad\u2019s was not extended. On 27 February 2026, the KPK announced that it\nhad received an audit from the Financial Audit Board (BPK) of the\nRepublic of Indonesia regarding state financial losses due to the Hajj\nquota case. Then on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that the state\nfinancial losses due to the case amounted to Rp622 billion. On 12 March\n2026, the KPK detained Yaqut Cholil at the KPK Red and White Building\nBranch State Detention Centre. Then on 17 March 2026, the KPK detained\nGus Alex at the KPK Central Anti-Corruption Education Branch Detention\nCentre. While walking to the detention vehicle, he stated that there was\nno order or flow of money in the Hajj quota case to Yaqut Cholil. On the\nsame date, Yaqut Cholil\u2019s family requested the KPK to allow the former\nMinister to be under house arrest. The KPK then granted the request, and\nYaqut has been under house arrest since 19 March 2026. On 23 March 2026,\nthe KPK announced that it was processing the transfer of Yaqut Cholil\u2019s\ndetention from house arrest back to rutan. On 24 March 2026, Yaqut\nofficially became a KPK rutan detainee.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-discussed-potential-public-reaction-before-yaqut-became-house-detainee-1774525906",
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