JAKARTA, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Indonesian police said on Thursday they have enough initial evidence to pursue treason charges against four suspects in a case involving the wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto.
• The police will conduct “intensive” investigations to develop the case further, national police official Asep Safrudin told reporters.
• Indonesian police have named four senior police officers as suspects, including the former police chief and Prabowo’s chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
• Listyo was known as a loyalist to former president Joko Widodo.
• The scandal has exposed deepening cracks between Prabowo and his predecessor and former backer, known as Jokowi.
• Lawmakers in a hearing on Thursday urged police chief Suyudi Ario Seto to investigate who ultimately ordered Listyo to conduct the alleged wiretapping, and the political interests that could be behind it.
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by David Stanway)
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