Yaqut Placed Under House Arrest, KPK: Case Handling Strategy
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) states that the transfer of detention for former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas to house arrest is part of the investigative strategy in the alleged corruption case regarding the 2023–2024 Hajj quota.
“Every investigative process naturally has different conditions and case handling strategies, including the detention of a suspect,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo in Jakarta on Sunday (22/3/2026).
“This change in the type of detention will not hinder the investigative process. We will promptly complete the investigator’s dossier so it can be handed over to the prosecution stage,” he continued.
Budi explained that the request to switch from detention in a remand centre to house arrest came from Yaqut’s family.
“It is not because of illness. It was indeed due to a request from the family, which we then processed,” Budi clarified.
Previously reported, the KPK has changed the detention status of former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas from detention in a KPK remand centre to house arrest.
“Investigators have changed the type of detention for suspect YCQ, from detention in the KPK Remand Centre to house arrest, starting from Thursday night (19/3/2026),” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo in his statement on Saturday (21/3/2026).
Budi stated that this detention change was made upon a request from the family submitted on Tuesday (17/3/2026).
Budi added that this house arrest is only temporary. Previously, Yaqut had been held in the KPK remand centre since he was officially detained on Thursday night (12/3/2026).
At that time, Yaqut had just completed further examination as a suspect after his pre-trial was rejected by a single judge at the South Jakarta District Court.
Yaqut is charged under Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.
The KPK revealed that the state losses from this alleged Hajj quota corruption case amount to Rp 622 billion.