Indonesia names fourth wiretapping suspect as political intrigue deepens
Scandal is driving divisions between President Prabowo Subianto and predecessor Joko Widodo.
Indonesian police have named a fourth suspect in a scandal focused on the alleged wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto.
At a news conference late on Thursday, police named a senior law enforcement official with the initials SU as the latest suspect. Three officials were arrested earlier in the week, in a scandal that has exposed a deepening rift between the president and his predecessor – and former ally – Joko Widodo, and sparked security concerns.
Police said that the new suspect served as monitoring chief at Indonesia’s Criminal Investigation Agency between 2010 and 2019. Local media later identified him as Slamet Uliandi.
The case has piled more pressure on Prabowo, with public discontent growing over his costly populist policies and weakening investor confidence in Indonesia’s $1.5 trillion economy.