KPK to Promptly Summon Two New Suspects in Hajj Quota Corruption Case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has assured that it will promptly summon two new suspects in the alleged hajj quota corruption case, namely Maktour Operations Director Ismail Adham and Chairman of the Indonesian Hajj and Umrah Travel Agency Unity (Kesthuri) Asrul Aziz Taba. “We will certainly schedule the parties who have been designated as suspects but have not yet been detained,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday. Furthermore, he stated that the two suspects, who are parties to hajj organising agencies or special hajj pilgrimage organisers (PIHK), are suspected of being involved in the management or sale of special hajj quotas or related to the flow of funds to officials in the Ministry of Religious Affairs. “We will soon schedule their examinations,” he emphasised. Previously, on 9 August 2025, the KPK initiated an investigation into the alleged corruption of Indonesia’s 2023-2024 hajj quota. On 9 January 2026, the KPK named former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Ishfah Abidal Aziz alias Gus Alex, Yaqut’s special staff, as suspects. Meanwhile, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, owner of the hajj organising agency Maktour, was not named as a suspect, although he was once banned from leaving the country. The KPK then received the results of an audit by the Financial Audit Board (BPK) of Indonesia on 27 February 2026, which stated that the state financial losses in the case amounted to Rp622 billion. Subsequently, on 12 March 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut at the KPK’s Red and White Building State Detention House branch, followed by the detention of Ishfah on 17 March 2026. The KPK temporarily changed Yaqut’s detention status to house arrest on 19 March 2026 at the family’s request, but re-detained him at the KPK Detention House on 24 March 2026. On 30 March 2026, the KPK named two new suspects, namely Maktour Operations Director Ismail Adham and Chairman of the Indonesian Hajj and Umrah Travel Agency Unity (Kesthuri) Asrul Aziz Taba.