Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to determine who may have used the results of an alleged wiretapping operation involving Police General LSP and several other senior police officials, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“I have seen for myself that he wants to ensure that the wiretaps conducted by Mr. Listyo Sigit (LSP) were not part of a larger conspiracy involving forces around him,” Syahganda Nainggolan, head of the Government Communications Agency (Bakom), said during a visit to ANTARA’s office in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Syahganda said Prabowo had summoned him to the presidential residence last week for a two-hour meeting to discuss developments in the case.
According to Syahganda, Prabowo believes the alleged wiretapping may have posed a threat to his personal safety.
The government has also said that the alleged wiretapping could constitute an act of treason. Syahganda added that the case had strained Prabowo’s relationship with groups close to LSP.
He described the matter as more than an ordinary legal case, arguing that it concerned the President’s safety and, by extension, national security, given the President’s position as a symbol of the state.
Prabowo had repeatedly summoned the heads of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), along with other officials, to examine whether the intercepted conversations were connected to political forces, Syahganda said.
“That is what we are waiting to see. Hopefully, things will become clearer within the next week or two,” he said.
On Tuesday (November 3), Indonesia’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) named three suspects in connection with the alleged wiretapping of the President and several state officials. They were identified by the initials LSP, ASN, and EHS.
The alleged wiretapping reportedly took place between 2025 and 2026. The Presidential Palace has said the operation may have amounted to an act of treason.