Politics · 2026-11-04 · Afternoon briefing

Indonesia chief of staff fired over presidential wiretap claims

Indonesia’s presidential chief of staff, Listyo Sigit, has been arrested and fired over allegations that he wiretapped President Prabowo Subianto. The dismissal comes just over a month after Mr Sigit, a former National Police chief, was sworn into the influential post on October 1st. His appointment was intended to bring a seasoned law enforcement figure into the president's inner circle.

The accusation of internal espionage against the head of state by one of his most senior aides suggests acute turmoil within the new administration. For a former top police official to be accused of illicitly monitoring the very leader he was appointed to serve is a dramatic turn. Mr Sigit's tenure as one of the president's closest advisers lasted barely five weeks.

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• Indonesian president’s chief of staff dismissed over alleged wiretapping
• Indonesia arrests ex-police chief over alleged illegal wiretapping of President, officials
• Indonesia chief of staff sacked for allegedly wiretapping President Prabowo
• Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo
• Prabowo sacks chief of staff Listyo over alleged wiretapping, palace says case may border on ‘treason’

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