The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled an\nexamination of Khalid Zeed Abdullah Basalamah, owner of PT Zahra Oto\nMandiri (Uhud Tour), for today, Thursday (23\/4).<\/p>\n
Khalid will be examined as a witness to complete the case file for\nfour suspects in the alleged corruption case involving the 2023-2024\nHajj quota.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the continuation of the Hajj quota investigation, indeed, today\nthe investigators have scheduled (the examination of) Mr KB, one of the\nparties from PIHK (Penyelenggara Ibadah Haji Khusus),\u201d said KPK\nSpokesperson Budi Prasetyo when confirmed at his office in Jakarta,\nThursday (23\/4).<\/p>\n
Budi explained that this examination is part of a series following\nprevious examinations of many witnesses from PIHK parties. These\nconsecutive examinations were conducted after the KPK named two new\nsuspects some time ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a series of examinations of travel bureaus or PIHK that are\nindeed needed by the investigators to further explore how the buying and\nselling or filling of Hajj pilgrimage quotas was carried out by those\nPIHK,\u201d said Budi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are confident that the witness will be cooperative in attending\nthe investigators\u2019 summons and will provide the necessary testimony,\u201d he\nconcluded.<\/p>\n
Khalid was previously examined on 9 September 2025. At that time, no\nsuspects had yet been named by the KPK.<\/p>\n
After undergoing an examination lasting about 7.5 hours at the KPK,\nKhalid at that time explained that he was initially registered as a Hajj\npilgrim under the furoda programme. However, in the process, he claimed\nto have been offered a special Hajj quota by the owner of the Hajj and\nUmrah travel agency PT Muhibbah Mulia Wisata Pekanbaru, Ibnu Mas\u2019ud.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo in the end, we joined with that visa at his travel agency,\nMuhibbah,\u201d Khalid told the media at the KPK office in Jakarta on Tuesday\nnight (9\/9).<\/p>\n
\u201cOur position is that we are victims of PT Muhibbah owned by Ibnu\nMas\u2019ud. We were all originally furoda. We were offered to switch to\nusing this visa,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Khalid explained that he and the Uhud Tour pilgrims ultimately\nperformed the Hajj through the special quota offered by PT Muhibbah\nMulia Wisata Pekanbaru.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe number is 122 (pilgrims),\u201d said Khalid, who is also the Chairman\nof the Asosiasi Mutiara Haji.<\/p>\n
The KPK has named four individuals as suspects in the alleged\n2023-2024 Hajj quota corruption case, which is suspected to have harmed\nstate finances by Rp622 billion.<\/p>\n
They are former Minister of Religious Affairs of Indonesia Yaqut\nCholil Qoumas; Yaqut\u2019s staff member Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex;\nOperational Director of PT Makassar Toraja (Maktour) Ismail Adham; and\nCommissioner of PT Raudah Eksati Utama as well as General Chairman of\nAsosiasi Kesthuri, Asrul Azis Taba.<\/p>\n
However, only Yaqut and Ishfah have been detained by the KPK.<\/p>\n
The KPK is applying Article 2 paragraph (1) and or Article 3 of the\nLaw on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption (UU Tipikor)\njuncto Article 55 paragraph (1) first of the Criminal Code or as\nreferred to in Article 603 or Article 604 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the\nCriminal Code juncto Article 20 letter (c) of the Criminal Code Law in\nthis case.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-schedules-examination-of-khalid-basalamah-today-1777049505", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }