KPK Lifts Travel Ban on Maktour Boss Fuad Hasan in Hajj Quota Corruption Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has ended its overseas travel ban on Maktour Travel owner Fuad Hasan Masyhur. Fuad had previously been barred from leaving the country in connection with alleged corruption involving hajj quotas.

“No, [the travel ban] was not extended,” KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told reporters on Thursday (19 February 2026).

Budi explained that the KPK had only extended travel bans for former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and his former special staff member Ishfah Abidal Aziz. He said the travel restrictions were imposed to support the investigation.

“Additionally, if we look at the new Criminal Procedure Code, overseas travel bans can only be imposed on suspects or defendants,” he explained.

“Therefore, we want to ensure that every legal process carried out by the KPK is firmly in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations,” he added.

The hajj quota corruption case relates to the distribution of an additional 20,000 pilgrim places for the 2024 hajj quota during Yaqut Cholil Qoumas’s tenure as Religious Affairs Minister. The additional quota was intended to reduce the queue or waiting period for regular Indonesian hajj pilgrims, which can reach 20 years or more.

Prior to the additional allocation, Indonesia received a hajj quota of 221,000 pilgrims for 2024. After the increase, the total quota for 2024 rose to 241,000. The core issue arose when the additional quota was divided equally — 10,000 for regular hajj and 10,000 for special hajj.

However, the Hajj Law stipulates that the special hajj quota should comprise only 8 per cent of Indonesia’s total hajj quota. Ultimately, Indonesia allocated 213,320 places for regular hajj pilgrims and 27,680 for special hajj pilgrims in 2024.

The KPK has stated that the policy under Yaqut’s leadership caused 8,400 regular hajj pilgrims who had been queuing for more than 14 years — and should have been able to depart following the additional 2024 quota — to miss their opportunity to travel.

The KPK’s investigation subsequently led to Yaqut and his former special staff member Ishfah Abidal Aziz, also known as Gus Alex, being named as suspects. The KPK has affirmed that it possesses a series of evidence supporting the suspect designations. At present, Yaqut has not been detained.