The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has rescheduled the\nexamination of PT Makassar Toraja (Maktour) President Director Fuad\nHasan Masyhur for next week. Fuad was summoned as a witness in the\nalleged corruption case concerning additional hajj quotas for\n2023-2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators have rescheduled his examination for next week. We are\nconfident the witness will attend the rescheduled session,\u201d said KPK\nSpokesperson Budi Prasetyo when contacted via written message on Friday\n(12\/6). \u201cWe will update you on the exact date later,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Fuad was originally summoned for questioning by investigators on\nTuesday, 2 June, but was unable to attend as he was performing the hajj\npilgrimage. \u201cThe witness has also conveyed that he will be cooperative\nand support the investigation process of this case,\u201d Budi stated.<\/p>\n
Fuad, along with several other parties, allegedly held meetings with\nofficials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs to request an increase in\nthe special hajj quota exceeding the 8 percent limit stipulated in\nlegislation. The lobbying was reportedly successful, resulting in the\ndistribution of regular and special hajj quotas under a 50-50 percent\nscheme.<\/p>\n
The additional 20,000 hajj quotas should have been distributed with\n18,400, or 92 percent, for regular pilgrims and 1,600, or 8 percent, for\nspecial pilgrims. Consequently, the regular hajj quota, originally\n203,320, should have increased to 221,720, while the special hajj quota,\noriginally 17,680, should have increased to 19,280.<\/p>\n
However, an unlawful act was allegedly committed when the then\nMinister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, signed Decree Number\n130 of 2024, which stipulated a 50 percent quota distribution for\nregular hajj and 50 percent for special hajj.<\/p>\n
The KPK is currently prosecuting four suspects in the alleged\ncorruption case involving additional hajj quotas for 2023-2024. They are\nYaqut Cholil Qoumas and his Special Staff member Ishfah Abidal Aziz,\nalso known as Gus Alex, as well as Maktour Operational Director Ismail\nAdham and Kesthuri Association Chairman who is also a Commissioner of PT\nRaudah Eksati Utama, Asrul Azis Taba, who was only detained on 8 June.\nThe KPK will transfer the case files of the four suspects to court\nsimultaneously.<\/p>\n
During the ongoing investigation, the KPK has identified more than\n300 travel agencies involved in the additional hajj quotas. Several\ntravel agencies have been hesitant to provide information regarding the\npractice of buying and selling additional hajj quotas.<\/p>\n
The KPK is applying Article 2 paragraph (1) and\/or Article 3 of the\nCorruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1)\n1st of the Criminal Code, or as referred to in Article 603 or Article\n604 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction\nwith Article 20 letter (c) of the Criminal Code Law. This article\nrelates to state financial losses. Based on calculations by the audit\nteam of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the alleged corruption case\ninvolving additional hajj quotas for 2023-2024 is suspected of causing\nstate financial losses amounting to Rp622 billion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-reschedules-examination-of-maktour-ceo-for-next-week-1781236368", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }