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        "id": 1634330,
        "msgid": "yaqut-on-kpk-examination-after-becoming-house-detainee-alhamdulillah-it-went-smoothly-1774435913",
        "date": "2026-03-25 16:53:39",
        "title": "Yaqut on KPK examination after becoming house detainee: Alhamdulillah, it went smoothly",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, a suspect in the alleged Hajj quota corruption case, expressed relief after his first examination by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following his transition to house arrest. The case, involving state losses estimated at Rp622 billion from the 2023-2024 Hajj quota arrangements, has seen related detentions and Yaqut's pre-trial motion rejected by the South Jakarta District Court. This development underscores ongoing efforts to combat high-level corruption in Indonesia's religious affairs administration.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The suspect in the alleged corruption case\nregarding the Hajj quota, who is also the former Minister of Religious\nAffairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, stated that he is grateful after undergoing\nhis first examination by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)\nfollowing his status as a house detainee at the end of last weekend.\n\u201cAlhamdulillah, the examination went smoothly,\u201d said Yaqut at the KPK\u2019s\nMerah Putih Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday. When asked what was\nexamined or delved into by the KPK investigators, Yaqut directed the\njournalists to ask the investigators because he was tired. \u201cRegarding\nthe material, please ask the investigators. Not me. I\u2019m tired,\u201d he said.\nPreviously, on 9 August 2025, the KPK began investigating the alleged\ncorruption case related to Indonesia\u2019s Hajj quota for 2023-2024. On 11\nAugust 2025, the KPK announced that the initial calculation of state\nlosses in the case reached more than Rp1 trillion, and prevented three\npeople from travelling abroad for the next six months. Those prevented\nwere former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Ishfah\nAbidal Aziz alias Gus Alex as Yaqut\u2019s special staff, and Fuad Hasan\nMasyhur as the owner of the Maktour Hajj organising agency. However,\nYaqut filed a pre-trial petition against the suspect determination to\nthe South Jakarta District Court on 10 February 2026, registered under\ncase number 19\/Pid.Pra\/2026\/PN JKT.SEL. On 19 February 2026, the KPK\nannounced an extension of the travel ban only for Yaqut and Gus Alex,\nwhile Fuad\u2019s was not extended. On 27 February 2026, the KPK announced\nthat it had received an audit from the Financial Audit Board (BPK) of\nthe Republic of Indonesia regarding the state financial losses due to\nthe Hajj quota case. Then, on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that the\nstate financial losses due to the case amounted to Rp622 billion.\nSubsequently, on 11 March 2026, the panel of judges at the South Jakarta\nDistrict Court rejected Yaqut\u2019s pre-trial petition. Then, on 17 March\n2026, the KPK detained Gus Alex at the Detention Centre of the KPK\u2019s\nAnti-Corruption Education Centre Branch. While walking to the detention\nvehicle, he stated that there was no order or flow of money in the Hajj\nquota case to Yaqut. On the same date, Yaqut\u2019s family requested the KPK\nto make the former Minister of Religious Affairs a house detainee. The\nKPK then granted that request, and Yaqut has been a house detainee since\n19 March 2026. On 23 March 2026, the KPK announced that it was\nprocessing the transfer of Yaqut\u2019s detention from house arrest back to\ndetention centre. On 24 March 2026, Yaqut officially became a KPK\ndetention centre detainee.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/yaqut-on-kpk-examination-after-becoming-house-detainee-alhamdulillah-it-went-smoothly-1774435913",
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