KPK: Maktour Profits Rp27.8 Billion in 2024 from Hajj Quota Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the hajj organiser PT Makassar Toraja, or Maktour, obtained profits of up to Rp27.8 billion in 2024 from a case of alleged corruption involving hajj quotas.
“PT Makassar Toraja or Maktour obtained unlawful profits in 2024 amounting to around Rp27.8 billion,” said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Monday.
Asep explained that the figure was the result of calculations of state financial losses conducted by auditors.
He stated that Maktour could profit by tens of billions due to the role of PT Makassar Toraja or Maktour’s Operations Director Ismail Adham, who gave around US$35,000 and SAR16,000 to several officials in the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Those officials included Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex, when he served as Special Staff to Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, and Hilman Latief when he served as Director General of Hajj and Umrah Organising at the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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, as Yaqut’s special staff, as suspects in the case.
Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, the owner of the hajj organiser Maktour, was not named as a suspect, although he was once banned from leaving the country.
Then, on 4 March 2026, the KPK announced that the state financial losses due to the case amounted to Rp622 billion.
On 12 March 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut Cholil at the KPK’s Red and White Building Branch State Detention House.
Then, on 17 March 2026, the KPK detained Gus Alex at the KPK’s Central Anti-Corruption Education Branch Detention House.
On the same date, Yaqut Cholil’s family requested the KPK to allow the former Minister to be 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 that it was processing the transfer of Yaqut Cholil’s detention from house arrest back to detention house. On 24 March 2026, Yaqut officially became a detainee at the KPK Detention House.
On 30 March 2026, the KPK announced two new suspects in the case. They are Maktour’s Operations Director Ismail Adham and Asrul Aziz Taba, Chairman of the Indonesian Hajj and Umrah Tour Travel Union (Kesthuri).