3 days ago · Jakarta
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Jakarta. The first report grouped here was at 4 Nov 2026, 07:02 UTC. The headline in use is “Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo
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