Hajj Quota Corruption Case: KPK Designates Two New Suspects
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has designated two new suspects in the 2023-2024 Hajj quota corruption case. The two suspects are Ismail Adham (IA), Operational Director of PT Maktour, and Asrul Azis Taba (ASR), Commissioner of PT Raudah Eksati Utama and Chairman of the Kesthuri Association.
KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, Asep Guntur Rahayu, stated that the agency has now named a total of four suspects in the 2023-2024 Hajj quota corruption case.
“To date, the number of suspects is four. This will not stop here,” said Asep Guntur during a press conference at the KPK’s Red and White Building in South Jakarta on Monday, 30 March 2026.
Asep explained that the two suspects are charged under Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) first of the Criminal Code (KUHP).
Meanwhile, he stated that the designation of these two private sector suspects addresses public questions regarding allegations of money given to officials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
“The public has been voicing that no money entered, no kickbacks, or refunds,” he said.
However, he added, the KPK has found evidence of alleged money flows from private parties to Ministry of Religious Affairs officials, including those carried out by the two new suspects.
Based on the information gathered, the two new suspects are Operational Director of Maktour, Ismail Adham (ISM), and Chairman of Kesthuri, Asrul Aziz Taba (ASR).
Previously, on 9 August 2025, the KPK began investigating the alleged corruption case related to Indonesia’s Hajj quota for 2023-2024.
On 9 January 2026, the KPK announced former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex, a special staff to Yaqut, as suspects in the case.
Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, owner of the Hajj organiser Maktour, was not named a suspect despite being banned from leaving the country.
On 27 February 2026, the KPK announced that it had received an audit from the Financial Audit Board (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia regarding state financial losses due to the Hajj quota case. Then, on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that the state financial loss due to the case amounted to Rp622 billion.