The Haj Scam
The mass arrest in the Philippines of illegal pilgrims has exposed an Indonesian-Philippine haj syndicate. Some Indonesians wait 30 years for the chance to make the pilgrimage.
September 6, 2016
SAIFUL Anam was stunned when he saw his mother on TV two weeks ago. The cameras showed Sumiati in prison. Just days before, Saiful had sent his mother off at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java. "I broke down and cried, Saiful said at his house in Pasuruan, East Java, last Wednesday.
Sumiati was one of 177 Indonesians detained by Philippine immigration authorities at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on August 19. They w
...