Surya Paloh: I Have No Problem Being Tapped

NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh said he was not worried about being among those targeted for telephone tapping. He was responding to reports that several officials and President Prabowo had been tapped by former National Police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo and others.

He said he would not be surprised if his communications had also been intercepted. His telephone conversations, he explained, did not usually involve political discussions or anything that should cause concern.

“I don’t need to be surprised, because I know what they would hear if they tapped me. I don’t usually talk politics or anything like that. I just have casual chats with friends and younger colleagues, asking how they are and whether they’re well. So even if it were recorded ten times, there’d be no problem—what is there to tap?” Surya Paloh told reporters after inaugurating the NasDem office in Karawang, West Java, on Sunday (8 November 2026).

He reiterated that he had no concerns about his telephone conversations being recorded or intercepted.

Paloh said he often joked over the phone with Saan Mustopa, a NasDem member of the House of Representatives’ leadership. He said he would tease Saan about his work as a legislator, including his alleged habit of nodding off during parliamentary meetings.

“I often tease Kang Saan when we talk. I ask whether he’s really doing his job properly in the House. I say, ‘Let’s not disturb Kang Saan—where is he? Is he in the group that often falls asleep in parliament or not?’” he said, laughing.

According to Paloh, light-hearted conversations like these were nothing to worry about if they were captured in a wiretap.

“So there’s no problem if I’m tapped,” he concluded.

Police’s Criminal Investigation Department has so far named four suspects in the case involving the alleged tapping of President Prabowo Subianto.