Treason? Indonesia sacks and arrests Prabowo’s chief of staff over alleged wiretapping

Indonesia's former police chief, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, was dismissed from his role as presidential chief of staff and arrested on charges potentially amounting to treason for allegedly wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto's telephone.

Authorities claim the unauthorized surveillance, which included tapping officials, politicians, journalists, and business figures, posed a danger to national security.

The motive behind the wiretapping remains unclear, while the president has expressed significant concern over the case.

JAKARTA, Nov 4 — Indonesia’s former police chief, fired this week from his latest post as presidential chief of staff, may have committed “treason” through his alleged involvement in wiretapping the head of state’s telephone, the government said Wednesday.

“What was done may have fallen into the category of being considered as leading to treason,” presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi told reporters in Jakarta of Tuesday’s arrest of Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

“This also constitutes actions that endanger the security of the interests of the state, including jeopardising the safety of the country’s leader,” he said.

On Tuesday, the national police announced it had arrested Listyo and two other senior officers for allegedly tapping the phone of President Prabowo Subianto, government officials and politicians, journalists, NGO representatives and businesspeople.

Top detective Asep Safrudin said this was done “without any legal basis or without any investigative or inquiry process in accordance with applicable laws”.

Prabowo, who took office in 2024, has come under increasing pressure for his government’s handling of the economy and destructive wildfires in the Southeast Asian archipelago.

The former general reshuffled his cabinet for a seventh time last month, appointing Listyo, 57, as his chief of staff.

Listyo had until then served as national police chief during the period of the alleged wiretapping that investigators said started in 2025.

On Wednesday, Prasetyo said the reason for the wiretap was not yet known.

“When we talk about the head of state... there is a great deal of information there that is naturally very sensitive, which could endanger... the interests and the strength of the nation and the state,” he said.

Prasetyo added the president had expressed his “profound concern” about the case. — AFP

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印尼前警察总长利斯蒂约·西吉特·普拉博沃被解除总统办公厅主任职务，并因涉嫌窃听总统普拉博沃·苏比安托的电话而被控叛国罪并遭到逮捕。

当局声称，这种未经授权的监视行为，包括窃听官员、政客、记者和商界人士，对国家安全构成了威胁。

窃听的动机仍然不明，而总统已对此案表示高度关注。

雅加达，11 月 4 日——印尼政府周三表示，本周被解除总统办公厅主任职务的前警察总长可能因涉嫌参与窃听国家元首电话而犯下“叛国罪”。

总统发言人普拉塞蒂约·哈迪在雅加达告诉记者，周二利斯蒂约·西吉特·普拉博沃被捕一事，“其行为可能构成叛国罪”。

“这也构成危害国家利益安全的行为，包括危及国家领导人的安全，”他说。

周二，国家警察宣布逮捕了利斯蒂约和其他两名高级警官，他们涉嫌窃听总统普拉博沃·苏比安托、政府官员和政治家、记者、非政府组织代表和商人的电话。

高级侦探阿塞普·萨夫鲁丁表示，这样做“没有任何法律依据，也没有按照适用法律进行任何调查或询问程序”。

普拉博沃于 2024 年上任，他领导的政府在处理东南亚群岛的经济和破坏性野火方面面临着越来越大的压力。

这位前将军上个月第七次改组内阁，任命 57 岁的利斯蒂约为他的幕僚长。

此前，利斯蒂约一直担任国家警察总长，而调查人员称，在2025年开始的所谓窃听事件期间，利斯蒂约也一直担任国家警察总长。

周三，普拉塞蒂奥表示，窃听的原因尚不清楚。

他说：“当我们谈论国家元首时……其中自然包含大量非常敏感的信息，这可能会危及……国家和政权的利益和实力。”

普拉塞蒂约补充说，总统已对此案表示“深切关注”。——法新社

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