Held Up on the Pilgrims’ Path
Banks are often late in transferring haj funds to the Ministry of Religious Affairs. The Supreme Audit Agency suspects it could be intentional.
December 15, 2010
Achmad Djunaedi spread out the financial reports on the haj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. This Managing Director for Hajj Implementation Costs and Hajj Information System at the Ministry of Religious Affairs was proud. “This is updated every week,” he said, two weeks ago. “The reports used to be a mess, but now they are organized.”
As the managing director, Achmad’s job is to administer all of the haj funds, including the initial de
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