New Criminal Procedure Code: KPK Says Only Suspects Can Be Barred from Leaving the Country

Jakarta, VIVA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that it can only impose overseas travel bans on suspects, not witnesses.

KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto said the policy has been in effect at the anti-corruption body since Law Number 20 of 2025 on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) came into force on 2 January 2026.

“Yes, that is one of the matters that has indeed become the basis from a regulatory and legal standpoint. Because with the enactment of the new KUHAP, travel bans can only be imposed on suspects, not witnesses,” Setyo said at the KPK’s Juang Building in Jakarta on Friday.

Setyo made the statement after the owner of Hajj travel agency Maktour, Fuad Hasan Masyhur, had his overseas travel ban not renewed in connection with an alleged corruption case involving the determination of Hajj quotas and the organisation of the Hajj pilgrimage at the Ministry of Religious Affairs in 2023–2024.

Meanwhile, the KPK extended the overseas travel bans for only two suspects in the Hajj quota case. They are former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Ishfah Abidal Aziz, also known as Gus Alex, a former special staff member during Yaqut’s tenure as minister.

Previously, the KUHAP law was signed by President Prabowo Subianto and promulgated by State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi on 17 December 2025. Under Article 369 of the KUHAP, the legislation took effect from 2 January 2026.