Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced the former Religious Affairs Minister, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, as a suspect in an alleged corruption case related to the Hajj quota and the organization of the 2023–2024 Hajj pilgrimage at the ministry.”That is correct,” KPK Deputy Chair Fitroh Rohcahyanto confirmed on Friday.However, he did not provide further details on the suspect list, including whether Qoumas was the only one implicated or if other parties were under investigation.On a separate occasion, KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo also confirmed that the anti-graft agency had named a suspect in the Hajj quota case.”Yes, a suspect has been named in the investigation into the Hajj quota case,” Prasetyo told journalists in Jakarta on Friday.Previously, on August 9, 2025, the KPK announced the commencement of an investigation into the alleged Hajj quota corruption case, along with the involvement of the State Audit Board (BPK) to calculate state losses.On August 11, 2025, the agency detailed its initial estimate of state losses in the case, which reached over Rp1 trillion (US$57,8 million), and banned three individuals from traveling abroad for the next six months.Those banned were former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas; Ishfah Abidal Aziz, also known as Gus Alex, a former special staff member under Minister Qoumas; and Fuad Hasan Masyhur, the owner of the Maktour Hajj travel agency.On September 18, 2025, the KPK suspected 13 associations and 400 Hajj travel agencies of involvement in the case.In addition to the KPK's investigation, the House of Representatives' Special Committee on Hajj Inquiry conveyed several irregularities in the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage organization.The main point highlighted by the special committee was the 50:50 quota distribution of the 20,000 additional quotas allocated by the Saudi Arabian government.At that time, the Ministry of Religious Affairs allocated an additional quota of 10,000 for regular Hajj pilgrims and 10,000 for special Hajj pilgrims.This contradicts Article 64 of Law Number 8 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of the Hajj and Umrah Pilgrimages, which stipulates a special Hajj quota of eight percent and a regular Hajj quota of 92 percent.