KPK: Hajj Quota Case Progressing, Details to be Announced on Monday, 30 March
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) states that the investigation into the alleged hajj quota corruption case has made progress, and details will be provided at a press conference on Monday, 30 March 2026.
“We will announce it on Monday,” said Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday.
When asked if this progress relates to the naming of new suspects, Asep stated that the KPK would provide information on Monday.
“We will announce it later. The point is, the progress is very good,” he said.
Meanwhile, he mentioned the role of the public in the progress of the hajj quota case investigation.
“Alhamdulillah for the public’s support in handling this hajj quota case; today (Thursday, 26 March), there has been very good progress,” he stated.
Previously, on 9 August 2025, the KPK began investigating the alleged corruption case related to Indonesia’s hajj quota for 2023-2024.
On 11 August 2025, the KPK announced an initial calculation of state losses in the case exceeding Rp1 trillion and barred three individuals from travelling abroad for the next six months.
Those barred were former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex as Yaqut’s special staff, and Fuad Hasan Masyhur as the owner of the Maktour hajj organising agency.
On 9 January 2026, the KPK announced that two of the three barred individuals had been named as suspects in the alleged hajj quota corruption case, namely Yaqut and Gus Alex.
However, Yaqut filed a pre-trial motion against his suspect designation at the South Jakarta District Court on 10 February 2026, registered under case number 19/Pid.Pra/2026/PN JKT.SEL.
On 19 February 2026, the KPK announced the extension of the travel ban only for Yaqut and Gus Alex, while Fuad’s was not extended.
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 due to the hajj quota case. Subsequently, on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that the state financial losses from the case amounted to Rp622 billion.
Then, on 11 March 2026, the Panel of Judges at the South Jakarta District Court rejected Yaqut’s pre-trial motion.
On 12 March 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut at the KPK’s Red and White Building State Detention House Branch.
Subsequently, on 17 March 2026, the KPK detained Gus Alex at the KPK’s Central Anti-Corruption Education Detention House Branch. While being escorted to the detention vehicle, he stated that there was no order or flow of funds in 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 under house arrest. The KPK then 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 house. On 24 March 2026, Yaqut officially became a detainee at the KPK Detention House.