DPR Speaker: Illegal Wiretapping Must Not Happen Again

Jakarta (ANTARA) – House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani said that alleged illegal wiretapping by several senior police officers targeting officials and public figures, including the President, must not be allowed to happen again.

Puan said the DPR respected the ongoing legal proceedings into the alleged wiretapping and called for the case, which is being handled by the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim), to be pursued properly.

“Such incidents must not be allowed to happen again in the future,” Puan said at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Tuesday.

She added that the relevant DPR commission would seek an explanation about the alleged illegal wiretapping. The House would then provide input and conduct an evaluation.

“We will discuss in the relevant commission whether the regulations or laws need to be tightened,” she said.

Earlier, Bareskrim named four senior police officers, identified by the initials LSP, AS, EH and SU, as suspects in a case involving alleged procedurally unauthorised wiretapping, the deletion of electronic data and illegal access.

The suspects, all serving police personnel, are alleged to have illegally intercepted the President, state officials, political figures, media outlets, leaders of mass organisations, non-governmental organisations and businesspeople between 2025 and 2026.