Jakarta – Prominent โคcleric Ustaz โฃKhalid Basalamah underwent โขan eight-hour โexamination Tuesday by Indonesia’s Corruption eradication Commission (KPK)โ as a witness inโ the ongoing investigation into alleged corruption surrounding the 2024 Hajj quota. Basalamah stated he andโ a group of pilgrims were victimsโค of a visa scheme involving PTโ Muhibbah, a travel agency.
The case centers on allegations of irregularities in the allocation of โฃHajj pilgrimage quotasโ and potential fraudโค related to travel arrangements. The KPK is investigating whether pilgrims โwere offered-or pressured into-transferring their visas through different travel agencies, possibly disrupting the โofficial Hajj โprocess andโค leading to financial losses for those involved. โThis investigation comes amid heightened scrutiny of Hajj travel agenciesโค and the government’s management ofโ the annual pilgrimage.
Accordingโฃ to Basalamah,he and 122โฃ other prospective pilgrims initially registered with Furodaโ travel but were later approached by Ibnu Mas’ud,ownerโ of PT Muhibbah from Pekanbaru,who offered themโค visas. “So โI was in the sameโ position โฃwith the โFuroda congregation, then we already paid Furoda ready to leave Furoda, โbut there was a person named Ibnu Mas’ud who owns PT Muhibbah from Pekanbaru, offering us this visa, so we finally joinedโค the visa at his travel,” Basalamah said after the questioning at the KPK Buildingโ in Kuningan, South Jakarta.
Basalamah, who also owns PT Zahra Oto โขMandiri (Uhud Tour), emphasized his group’s status as victims ofโ aโค visa replacement offer. “Our position is the victimโ of PT muhibbah, owned by โIbnuโฃ Mas’ud. We were all Furoda. It was offered to move โusing this visa,” he stated.
This examination fulfills aโฃ KPK summons initially scheduled for September 2, 2025, which Basalamahโข previouslyโค missed. KPK spokesperson Budiโ Prasetyo โขexplained that investigators sought Basalamah’s testimony as a keyโ fact witness due โto his role as the owner of a hajj travel agency. “Witnesses as the ownerโข of the pilgrimage travel, meaning as a fact witness, so of โขcourse his statement is needed to reveal and make the light of this case,” Prasetyo said.
Basalamah wasโ previously questioned by the KPK on June 23,โ 2025, during the โinitialโ investigation phase.
