KPK affirms that transfer of detention is related to case handling strategy
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has affirmed that the policy of transferring anti-corruption detainees applies only in relation to or based on case handling strategies.
The KPK issued this statement in response to several detainees who have begun applying for detention transfers following the granting of house arrest to the suspect in the alleged Hajj quota corruption case and former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas during Eid al-Fitr 2026.
“Will this (requests for detention transfers besides Yaqut’s) be approved during religious holidays and so on? I reiterate that this is related to case handling strategies, just like that,” said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu in a statement confirmed in Jakarta on Friday.
Therefore, Asep stated that the KPK would only consider case handling strategies in approving detention transfers.
“So, the focus is not on that, but on how at each stage we look at the strategies that must be applied there,” he said.
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 named Yaqut and Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex, Yaqut’s special staff, as suspects in the case.
Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, owner of the Maktour Hajj organiser bureau, was not named as a suspect despite previously being banned from leaving the country.
On 27 February 2026, the KPK announced it had received an audit from the Financial Audit Board (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia regarding state financial losses from the Hajj quota case. Then, on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that state financial losses from the case amounted to Rp622 billion.
On 12 March 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut at the KPK’s Red and White Building Branch State Detention Centre.
Subsequently, on 17 March 2026, the KPK detained Gus Alex at the KPK’s Central Anti-Corruption Education Branch Detention Centre. While being escorted to the detention vehicle, he stated that there was no order or flow of money from the Hajj quota case to Yaqut.
On the same date, Yaqut’s family requested the KPK to allow the former Minister of Religious Affairs to be placed under house arrest. The KPK subsequently granted the request, and Yaqut has been under house arrest since 19 March 2026.
On 23 March 2026, the KPK announced it was processing the transfer of Yaqut’s detention from house arrest back to detention centre. On 24 March 2026, Yaqut officially became a detainee at the KPK Detention Centre.