Indonesia considers tighter surveillance controls after wiretap discovery
Politics · First reported 9 Nov, 08:55 · Updated 09:01
Indonesia plans tighter controls on state surveillance equipment and is considering sweeps for listening devices at the presidential palace after authorities uncovered illegal wiretaps. The investigation continues, with no formal charges announced.
- A minister said the government would tighten controls on state surveillance equipment and consider searching the presidential palace for covert devices.
- Four senior police officers were arrested over alleged unauthorised monitoring; the investigation is ongoing and formal charges have not been announced.
- Authorities have not disclosed how many people were targeted or the full extent of the wiretapping.
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- Proposed response
- Tighter controls on state surveillance equipment; palace bug sweeps are under consideration.
- Arrests
- Four senior police officers were arrested over alleged unauthorised monitoring.
- Formal charges
- None had been announced at the time of the report.
- Scope
- Authorities had not disclosed the number of people targeted or the full extent of the wiretapping.
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- Earlier coverage included a story specifically about the presidential wiretapping scandal. [b6986797-fac8-4a69-88c7-d2d4ca529298]
- An earlier story reported that police named a fourth suspect in the alleged presidential wiretapping case and said the investigation continued. [a5998a94-7358-476f-a9fa-4d958218fdb6]
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