KPK Awaits Health Test Results Before Returning Yaqut to Detention

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is awaiting the results of a health test for Yaqut Cholil Qoumas before returning the former Minister of Religious Affairs to the detention centre (rutan). KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that Yaqut would immediately be placed in the KPK Detention Centre if he passes the health examination. The health test for Yaqut was conducted by a team of doctors from Bhayangkara Hospital in East Jakarta. “We are all waiting for the results of this health test,” Budi said in an official statement received by CNNIndonesia.com on Monday (23/3). The KPK itself has restored Yaqut’s status as a detainee in the KPK Detention Centre in the Hajj quota corruption case. Last Thursday, Yaqut’s status was temporarily changed to house arrest at the family’s request. “Today, Monday 23 March 2026, the KPK carried out the process of changing the type of detention for Suspect Sdr. YCQ in the alleged criminal corruption case regarding the Hajj quota, from house arrest back to KPK Detention Centre detainee,” Budi said. Furthermore, the KPK guarantees that the investigation into the Hajj quota corruption case involving Yaqut will continue until it is handed over to the prosecution stage. “On this occasion, we also convey our thanks to all Indonesian people who continue to monitor and support the KPK in handling this case,” he said. The KPK faced widespread criticism after secretly changing Yaqut’s status from KPK Detention Centre detainee to house arrest. The revelation that Yaqut was on house arrest stemmed from comments by the wife of former Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer (Noel), Silvia Rinita Harefa, to journalists after visiting Noel during Eid on Saturday (21/3). “I didn’t see Gus Yaqut earlier. The info is he left on Thursday night,” Silvia said at the KPK Detention Centre on Saturday (21/3). After the publicity from Noel’s wife’s testimony, the KPK then issued a statement confirming that Yaqut was on house arrest. The KPK admitted that the change in detention status was not related to Yaqut’s health condition. “It’s not because of illness. It was indeed due to a request from the family, which we then processed,” KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told journalists on Sunday (22/3).