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Indonesia deploys thousands of troops for Widodo hearing amid wiretap scandal

Authorities deployed thousands of police and military personnel for Widodo's Thursday court appearance, while three senior generals remain detained in a wiretapping probe.

Published Nov 5, 2026 · 18:33 UTC2 reports

The short version

  • Indonesia deployed thousands of police and military personnel in Jakarta on Thursday to secure former President Joko Widodo's court appearance, with more than 20,000 troops called into the capital overall.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Widodo testified in a defamation case over an alleged fake university diploma, which he denied and which reporting says is unrelated to the wiretapping case.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Three senior generals, including Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, are detained in a wiretapping scandal over alleged interception of President Prabowo Subianto's calls.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The presidential palace calls the wiretaps an act of treason but has not linked the troop deployment to the case, and a military spokesperson called the deployment normal.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Key facts

  • Indonesian authorities deployed thousands of police and military personnel on Thursday to secure Widodo's court appearance.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Authorities have called more than 20,000 troops into Jakarta, and 6,770 police and military personnel were deployed for the hearing.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Three senior generals have been detained in the wiretapping scandal, including Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Widodo was called to testify in a defamation trial over allegations that he used a fake university diploma, which he denied and which is unrelated to the wiretapping case.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The presidential palace described the wiretaps as an act of treason endangering state interests but has not linked the troop deployment to the case.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Military spokesperson Maj. Gen. Muhammad Nas previously called the deployment of about 20,000 marines and other personnel to Jakarta a normal occurrence.[ABC News · Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • Reporting does not establish how far the alleged interception extended beyond the detained officers, so the scope of the wiretapping probe remains unclear.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The palace's treason description is an official characterization, and it has not linked the deployment to the case, so the relationship between the two is unexplained.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Sources

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