Two watchdog organizations − the Indonesian Institute for Oversight, Safeguarding, and Law Enforcement (LP3HI) and the People’s Alliance for Justice and Welfare of Indonesia (ARUKKI) − have filed a pretrial motion against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for its alleged failure in the 2023–2024 Haj quota corruption case. 

According to the South Jakarta District Court’s Case Tracking Information System (SIPP), the motion, registered under case number 147/Pid.Pra/2025/PN JKT.SEL, challenges the legality of KPK’s alleged suspension of the investigation. The first hearing is scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2025.

The petitioners urged the court to declare that KPK had unlawfully halted the probe and to order investigators to proceed by naming suspects. They argued that Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, who served as Religious Affairs Minister during the period in question, was allegedly involved in the mismanagement of additional Hajj quotas.

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo denied any suspension of the investigation, asserting that the probe remains ongoing.

“We ensure that the investigation into the Hajj quota case continues to progress. Investigators are still collecting testimonies from various parties, including travel agencies across several regions,” he said on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.

“The process of calculating state financial losses is also underway. Therefore, we can confirm that there has been no termination of the investigation,” he added, while emphasizing that KPK respects the pretrial motion as a constitutional right to test the legality of the investigation process.

The case stems from an additional 20,000 Haj quotas granted by the Saudi Arabian government to Indonesia following a meeting between then President Joko Widodo and Saudi authorities in 2023. The quota, formalized through a Ministerial Decree on January 15, 2024, was divided equally between regular and special pilgrimages. However, KPK’s records indicate that the distribution process involved at least 13 associations and 400 travel agencies, some of which allegedly lobbied officials within the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Investigators suspect that parts of the special quota were illegally sold, with travel agencies allegedly required to pay between US$2,600 and US$7,000 per slot (Rp41.9–113 million). The funds were allegedly funneled through travel associations to ministry officials and later used to purchase luxury assets, including two houses in South Jakarta worth Rp6.5 billion, which KPK seized on September 8, 2025.

KPK officially opened the investigation on August 9, 2025, after questioning Yaqut two days earlier. The anti-graft agency has since been coordinating with the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) to determine the total state losses in the case.