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Following Wiretapping Arrests, Indonesia Deploys Thousands of Troops for Former President’s Trial

On Tuesday, authorities announced the arrest of three senior police officers for illegally wiretapping the phones of President Prabowo Subianto and other politicians.

Indonesia yesterday deployed more than 6,000 security personnel for a trial involving former President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, amid tensions stemming from the arrest of three senior police officers for allegedly intercepting the current president’s phone conversations.

The three were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly tapping the phones of President Prabowo Subianto and a number of other politicians, journalists, civil society organizations, government officials, and businesspeople. The three were identified as Prabowo’s chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, National Police legal division head Inspector General Ahrie Sonta Nasution, and Inspector General Eko Hadi Santoso, a senior instructor at the National Police Education and Training Institute.

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