{
  "id": 18084160,
  "title": "Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks chief of staff as wiretap scandal tests alliance with Widodo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/indonesias-prabowo-sacks-chief-of-staff-as-wiretap-scandal-tests",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T07:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3373235/indonesias-prabowo-sacks-chief-staff-wiretap-scandal-tests-alliance-widodo"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In one of the biggest scandals to hit the Indonesian National Police (Polri), President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday sacked his chief of staff, former national police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo, after his arrest for allegedly wiretapping the president, cabinet ministers, politicians and journalists. The government raised the stakes on Wednesday when presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi addressed…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Antara News Indonesia",
        "title": "Decree to dismiss Listyo as presidential aide being processed: govt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/decree-to-dismiss-listyo-as-presidential-aide-being-processed-govt",
        "published": "2026-11-04T05:23:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "President Prabowo sacks chief of staff Listyo for alleged wiretapping",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/president-prabowo-sacks-chief-of-staff-listyo-for-alleged-wiretapping",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:40:39.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}