Politics · Indonesia · 5 hrs ago
Prabowo Removes Listyo Sigit as Presidential Staff Chief After Spy Case
President Prabowo removed Listyo Sigit Prabowo as Indonesia’s chief of presidential staff on November 4.
The move came after police named Listyo one of three suspects in an alleged illegal surveillance case.
Investigators say the suspects targeted Prabowo and other people, including public officials and political figures.
They allege that phone numbers were added to a police interception system from 2025 without the required checks or a link to a law enforcement case.
Investigators also say files from the system were deleted around October 2026, and a police employee reported the matter.
Prabowo appointed Army Lieutenant General Ariyo Windutomo as acting chief; Ariyo had been head of the Presidential Secretariat.
The three suspects are being held and face charges under criminal and electronic information laws, with potential prison terms set out in those laws.
The investigation is continuing, and the allegations have not been proven in court.
President Prabowo Subianto removed Listyo Sigit Prabowo as chief of the Presidential Staff Office on November 4, 2026.
The decision followed Listyo being named a suspect in an investigation into alleged illegal wiretapping of the president and other people.
Prabowo appointed Lieutenant General Ariyo Windutomo as acting chief of the office.
Police named three people as suspects on November 3, including Listyo.
Investigators said the alleged wiretapping began in 2025 and that files from the interceptions were ordered deleted around October 2026.
- Who
- President Prabowo removed Listyo Sigit Prabowo and appointed Ariyo Windutomo as acting chief of the Presidential Staff Office.
- What
- Listyo was dismissed after being named a suspect in an alleged illegal wiretapping case.
- When
- November 4, 2026. Police named three suspects the previous day.
- Where
- Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why
- The dismissal followed Listyo’s suspect status in an investigation into alleged illegal wiretapping of the president and others.
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According to investigators, suspects directed that phone numbers be added to the LIMS server without verification, after which the numbers were intercepted.
Investigators said a suspect ordered files from the alleged interceptions deleted from a LIMS system computer.
A staff member who became aware of the alleged deletion filed a police report.
Police named Listyo and two other people as suspects in the alleged illegal wiretapping and electronic-data deletion case.
Prabowo dismissed Listyo as chief of the Presidential Staff Office and appointed Ariyo as acting chief.
- Outgoing chief
- Listyo Sigit Prabowo
- Acting chief
- Lieutenant General Ariyo Windutomo
- Suspects named
- 3
- Police report filed
- October 30, 2026
- Listyo’s tenure as office chief
- 35 days
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Therefore, we announce this morning that the President has signed the decree dismissing Listyo Sigit in his capacity as Head of the Presidential Staff Office, and the President has appointed Lieutenant General Ariyo Windutomo as acting head for the time being.
Investigators have named three suspects with the initials LSP, ASN, and EH.
The numbers were then intercepted without any connection to, or process of, law enforcement, whether an inquiry or an investigation under the applicable law.