Korupsi Haji, KPK Periksa 4 Anggota Komisi VIII DPR

Indonesian MP Questioned by Anti-graft Comm. over Alleged Hajj Fund Graft Case

Reporter : Rusdi Kamal
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Korupsi Haji, KPK Periksa 4 Anggota Komisi VIII DPR
Jazuli Juwaini, anggota DPR Komisi VIII dari PKS (Foto: okezone.com)

Jakarta (B2B) - Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) memeriksa empat anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dari Komisi VIII sebagai saksi dalam kasus dugaan tindak pidana korupsi penyelenggaraan haji pada Kementerian Agama 2012-2013 dengan tersangka mantan Menteri Agama Suryadharma Ali.

"Saya diperiksa kasus haji buat Pak SDA (Suryadharma Ali)," kata anggota Komisi VIII dari Fraksi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera Jazuli Juwaini di gedung KPK Jakarta, Senin.

Selain Jazuli, KPK juga memeriksa Ida Fauziah dari Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa, Muhammad Baghowi dari Partai Demokrat dan Seemintarsin Muntoro dari Hanura.

"Saya enggak masuk (rombongan haji SDA), saya enggak masuk," tambah Jazuli singkat.

KPK juga memeriksa mantan Direktur Jenderal Haji dan Umroh Kemenag Anggito Abimanyu yang sudah hadir di gedung KPK.

Pekan lalu, KPK sudah memeriksa mantan anggota Komisi VIII dari Fraksi Partai Golkar Zulkarnaen Djabar dalam kasus sama.

Zulkarnaen mengaku Kementerian Agama menetapkan pemondokan dan katering haji di Arab Saudi tanpa persetujuan DPR.

KPK menduga ada pelanggaran dalam beberapa pokok anggaran yaitu BPIH, pemondokan, hingga transportasi jamaah haji di Arab Saudi.

Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Anti-graft Commission (KPK) questions four lawmakers from Commission VIII as witnesses in the investigation of alleged corruption involving the handling of Hajj funds at the Religious Affairs Ministry during the 2012-2013 period.

"I am being questioned for Suryadharma Ali (former Religious Affairs Minister)," stated Jazuli Juwaini, the lawmaker from the Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS), while arrived at the KPK building in Central Jakarta, Monday.

Former director general of Hajj and Umra from the Religious Affairs Ministry Anggito Abimanyu is another witness who is being questioned by the KPK on Monday.

Last May, former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali was named a suspect in a graft case related to the funding of the 2012-2013 Hajj pilgrimage program.

KPK Deputy Chairman Zukarnain noted that the religious affairs minister had been named as a suspect in connection with the 2012-2013 Hajj pilgrimage program.

It is related to all activities of the Hajj pilgrimage, including accommodation, catering, transportation, and others, he stated while explaining about the activities in the Hajj pilgrimage program.

"There were officials who went for the pilgrimage using the Hajj funds, while they should have paid for their pilgrimage by themselves," Zulkarnain added.