Official from Yaqut Era Testifies on the Expansion of the Special Hajj Quota for 2024

In the indictment, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated the case caused state losses amounting to at least Rp 622.09 billion.

The figure is based on an investigative audit report by the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) concerning the calculation of state losses related to Indonesia’s hajj quota for the 2023 and 2024 hajj pilgrimages under the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The state losses consist of three components.

First, the difference between income and expenditure by private hajj organizers (PIHK) for administering the 2024 hajj for special hajj pilgrims who were not entitled to travel, totaling Rp 438.2 billion.

Second, PIHK’s income from selling special hajj quota for officers in 2024 amounting to Rp 39.95 billion.

Third, fees from expediting the filling of the additional special hajj quota in 2023 and 2024 for pilgrims who should not have departed, totaling Rp 143.92 billion.

Prosecutors charge the defendants with corruption offenses as stipulated and punishable under Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.