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View all search resultsThe Religious Affairs Ministry, which is responsible for organizing the haj pilgrimage and umroh (minor haj) for Muslims in the country, has begun investigating the possible involvement of a rogue ministry official in a scam case related to the 177 Indonesian pilgrims detained by immigration officials in the Philippines.
The Indonesian Embassy in Manila says it is unlikely the Philippines will repatriate the 177 Indonesian haj pilgrims arrested by Philippine authorities for passport fraud this month due to ongoing administrative procedures.
The government should immediately repatriate 177 Indonesian haj pilgrims currently detained in the Philippines and investigate parties involved in attempting to fraudulently send them on the haj, a haj and umrah (minor pilgrimage) organizer association has said.
The arrest of 177 Indonesians in the Philippines for allegedly attempting to travel to Mecca on fake Philippine passports was a prime example of illegal haj pilgrim dispatches, a haj and umrah (minor pilgrimage) organizer association has said.
South Sulawesi Religious Affairs Agency head Abdul Wahid Tahir said on Tuesday travel agents used by Indonesian pilgrims to go on the haj via Manila were illegal as they were not registered at the Religious Affairs Ministry.
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