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Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo

Johannes Nugroho · South China Morning Post

Published 4 Nov 2026, 6:02 pm·2 d ago·1 min read

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In one of the biggest scandals to hit the Indonesian National Police (Polri), President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday sacked his chief of staff, former national police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo, after his arrest for allegedly wiretapping the president, cabinet ministers, politicians and journalists. The government raised the stakes on Wednesday when presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi addressed reporters in Jakarta, warning that the surveillance could amount to “treason” and endanger state...

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