Indonesia detains three police generals over alleged wiretapping

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 01:20 · Archive

Indonesian police have detained three senior police generals suspected of illegally wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto.

Indonesian police detained three senior police generals on Tuesday, suspected of illegally wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto and dozens of other prominent figures. The suspects are current Presidential Chief of Staff Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, National Police Legal Division head Insp. Gen. Ahrie Sonta Nasution and Insp. Gen. Eko Hadi Santoso, a senior instructor at the National Police Education and Training Institute. All three are being held at the National Police headquarters detention centre.

Asep Safrudin, head of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency, said the investigation concerns illegal intercepting of communications, unauthorised access to electronic systems and deletion of electronic data. Police allege the wiretapping targeted telephone numbers of the president, state officials, political figures, media figures, community leaders, NGO activists and businesspeople. The alleged unauthorised wiretapping took place between 2025 and 2026, when Listyo held a position as National Police chief, Safrudin said.

Police allege the suspects ordered wiretaps without following procedures established under a 2010 National Police regulation and entered several telephone numbers into the Lawful Interception Management System without verification. Investigators have seized 11 mobile phones, an iPad and four flash drives as evidence. Safrudin said police had questioned 10 witnesses and three expert witnesses and that the suspects recently ordered deletion of files containing intercepted communications to allegedly conceal evidence and erase traces of the operation. Neither Prabowo nor the three suspects have responded publicly to the allegations.

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• Indonesia detains 3 police generals suspected of wiretapping President PrabowoIndonesian police have detained three senior police generals for allegedly wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto and other prominent figures.News4Jax · 3 Nov, 17:19
• Indonesia detains 3 police generals suspected of wiretapping President PrabowoIndonesian police have detained three senior police generals for allegedly wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto and other prominent figures.Clickorlando · 3 Nov, 17:19

In this story: Indonesia · President Prabowo Subianto · Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo · Insp. Gen. Ahrie Sonta Nasution · Insp. Gen. Eko Hadi Santoso · Asep Safrudin · National Police · Jakarta

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