KPK: Yaqut's House Arrest Status is Not Permanent
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that the house arrest status of Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, a suspect in the alleged Hajj quota corruption case and former Minister of Religious Affairs, is not permanent or indefinite.
“This transfer is indeed not permanent,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Saturday.
Therefore, he said the KPK will inform the public about how long Yaqut will remain under house arrest.
“We will update (announce) it later regarding until when,” he added.
Previously, on 21 March 2026, the wife of the defendant in the alleged extortion corruption case and former Deputy Minister of Manpower Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan, Silvia Rinita Harefa, spoke to journalists after visiting her husband.
Silvia told the journalists waiting for her that information was circulating among the detainees about Yaqut not being seen in the detention centre.
“I didn’t see Gus Yaqut earlier. The info is that he left on Thursday night (19/3),” said Silvia on Saturday afternoon (21/3).
She continued that she had received information that Yaqut was also not seen during the Eid al-Fitr prayers on 21 March 2026.
“People inside say he’s not there. He’s not around,” she said.
When further questioned whether only Ebenezer knew about this information, she stated that all detainees knew.
“Everyone knows about it. They’re just wondering. They said there was an examination, but it’s unlikely to have an examination on the eve of Takbiran night. Even until today (Saturday, 21/3), there’s none,” she said.
Therefore, she suggested that journalists verify the information she received.
“You guys try to get more info. That’s the info,” she said.
On Saturday night (21/3), the KPK confirmed to Silvia that Yaqut had been under house arrest since the night of 19 March 2026.
Yaqut was placed under house arrest after his family requested it from the KPK on 17 March 2026. The KPK assured that it would continue to monitor Yaqut.
It is known that Yaqut was named as one of the suspects in the alleged corruption case related to Indonesia’s Hajj quota for 2023-2024 by the KPK on 9 January 2026.
On 12 March 2026, the KPK detained Yaqut at the KPK’s Red and White Building Branch State Detention Centre after his pre-trial was rejected on 11 March 2026. The case is said by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPK) of Indonesia to have caused state losses of up to Rp622 billion.