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

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 at 7:02 AM · 1 min read
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo — Shanghai Business news

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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