Head of the Central Hulu Sungai (HST) Office of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) H Saipudin reported two haj prospective pilgrims died. Both of them were among 379 worshipers who were ready to depart to the holy land.


"Both of them are Mulyani bint Mukeri Abbas and Habib Ahmad Bin Husin Alkaff. They are indeed elderly," he said when seeing off haj candidates pilgrim with the Regent at the Regent pavilion on Tuesday.

Pilgrims from HST are scheduled to leave for Madinah on July 15, 2019.

"Of the total HST haj candidates, 377 were included in the first wave of flight group 4," he said.

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While the second wave is in 9 and 19 flight group is included in Banjarmasin embarkation.

"Haj candidates have participated in the manasik haji (haj rehearsal) 10 times, namely 2 times at the regency level and 8 times at the sub-district level," he said.

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