Following last week's announcement of a re-examination, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas for nearly nine hours on December 16, 2025, delving into state financial losses estimated at over Rp1 trillion in the 2023-2024 Hajj quota corruption case. Auditors and hajj association witnesses were also examined.
Building on the planned follow-up examination reported earlier this week, the KPK completed its second questioning of Yaqut Cholil Qoumas on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Jakarta. The nearly nine-hour session zeroed in on calculating state losses from irregularities in the 2023-2024 Hajj quotas, including the additional 20,000 slots from Saudi Arabia aimed at shortening Indonesia's waiting list.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo noted that auditors from the Financial Audit Board (BPK) participated, alongside witnesses like former AMPHURI Treasurer M Tauhid Hamdi and Gaphura Chairman Ali Moh Amin. Discussions incorporated findings from Saudi Arabia.
Yaqut offered no comment post-examination. The investigation, now at the stage where state losses exceed Rp1 trillion, implicates over 100 hajj agencies through lobbying for special quotas. No suspects named yet. DPR RI's Hajj Inquiry Committee has flagged issues like the 50:50 quota split. Case under Article 2(1) or 3 of Corruption Law 1999 jo KUHP 55(1).
