KPK Supervisory Board Still Handling Reports on Yaqut's Detention Transfer

The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Dewas KPK) has confirmed it is still handling reports of alleged ethical violations related to the transfer of detention status for Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, a suspect in the hajj quota corruption case. “We are currently processing the case, whether it is proven or not,” said Dewas KPK Chairman Gusrizal at the KPK Anti-Corruption Education Centre in Jakarta on Monday. Meanwhile, Dewas KPK member Sumpeno stated that the board had received 14 complaints of alleged ethical violations during 2026, up to 31 July 2026. He added that the board is also still handling one complaint received in 2025. Sumpeno explained that eight of the 15 complaints are currently being analysed by the board, while five others have reached the clarification stage and two have been processed in ethics hearings. “There have been two ethics hearings, one of which relates to a complaint from 2025. So, the complaint for this one ethics hearing was received by the supervisory board in 2025 but was only heard in 2026,” Sumpeno said. According to him, the board has imposed a heavy punishment and a moderate sanction on two KPK employees respectively. “Hopefully, by the end of 2026, ethical violations by KPK personnel will not be numerous. Hopefully,” he said. Previously, on 1 April 2026, the KPK Supervisory Board stated it was following up on several public complaints regarding the transfer of Yaqut’s detention. The complaints questioned the legal and ethical basis behind the decision to change Yaqut’s detention status from a state detention centre to house arrest. The KPK began investigating the alleged corruption case involving Indonesia’s 2023–2024 hajj quota on 9 August 2025. Subsequently, on 9 January 2026, the KPK named Yaqut and his former special assistant, Ishfah Abidal Aziz, also known as Gus Alex, as suspects. Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, the owner of hajj organiser Maktour, was not named a suspect despite being placed on a travel ban. The KPK later received an audit report from the Supreme Audit Agency on 24 February 2026, which stated that the potential state loss in the case reached Rp622 billion. Yaqut was detained at the KPK’s Red and White Building detention centre on 12 March 2026, while Ishfah was detained five days later. Yaqut’s detention status was temporarily changed to house arrest on 19 March 2026 at his family’s request, but he was returned to the KPK detention centre on 24 March 2026. In further developments, the KPK named two additional suspects on 30 March 2026: Maktour Operational Director Ismail Adham and former Chairman of the Indonesian Hajj and Umrah Travel Organisers Association Asrul Aziz Taba. Both were detained on 8 June 2026. On 24 June 2026, the KPK suspended Yaqut’s detention and transferred him to the National Police Hospital after he experienced digestive health issues. The KPK re-detained Yaqut on 9 July 2026. On 14 July 2026, the KPK announced it had transferred the case files for Yaqut and three other suspects to KPK prosecutors, who subsequently submitted the indictment to the Central Jakarta District Court on 31 July 2026.