Antara News·Indonesia·Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 09:37 AM UTC

Police Chief details five stages of alleged illegal wiretapping

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Nadia Putri R, Resinta Sulistiyandari

Jakarta (ANTARA) - National Police Chief General Suyudi Ario Seto outlined five stages in the alleged illegal wiretapping, unauthorized access, and destruction of electronic data involving four suspects identified by the initials LSP, AS, EH, and SU.

During a working meeting with the House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday, Suyudi said the five stages consisted of issuing wiretapping orders, provisioning, implementing the wiretapping operations, reporting the results to the end user, and destroying the data.

First, the wiretapping orders allegedly originated from General LSP through SU before being forwarded to EH and AS.

"The orders were delivered verbally or through a WhatsApp group without a written request from investigators or an accompanying police report," Suyudi explained.

At the provisioning stage, the technical support unit (TSU) allegedly entered the targeted phone numbers into the Lawful Interception Management System (LIMS) without verifying them or checking whether they were related to a pro justitia case.

Third, the wiretapping operations were allegedly carried out through the PLX system, with officers listening to and exporting intercepted recordings before transcribing them.

Fourth, the wiretapping results were reportedly submitted through a hierarchical reporting structure, first to the head of the Monitoring Division of the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency and subsequently to General LSP.

Finally, during the data destruction stage in October 2026, wiretapping data stored in the LIMS and PLX systems was allegedly deleted by the TSU team on AS's orders. Suyudi said the provisioning process involved two channels: an official channel and an internal channel known as the "attention channel."

The first, designated Channel A or the official channel, was conducted under National Police Chief Regulation No. 5 of 2010 and the 2009 Criminal Investigation Agency standard operating procedure (SOP).

"The process begins with a written request from investigators, accompanied by a police report, an investigation summary, an analysis, and chat records. The TSU team then conducts a tiered verification process before proceeding with provisioning," he said.

The second, designated Route B or the internal attention channel, allegedly operated without a written request, an investigation warrant, or a court order.

"The target was identified verbally or through WhatsApp following an order from General LSP, after which the process proceeded through analysis, internal approval, and provisioning by the TSU team," he added.

According to Suyudi, both channels used the same technical equipment, making it difficult to distinguish activities conducted through the internal attention channel from those carried out through official wiretapping procedures.

Under National Police Chief Regulation No. 5 of 2010 concerning wiretapping procedures at the National Police Monitoring Center, wiretapping must be based on a written request from investigators, meet specified requirements, and receive approval in accordance with applicable procedures.

However, investigators allegedly found several irregularities in this case, including wiretapping orders issued without investigators' requests, provisioning conducted without verification, the use of intercepted information outside established procedures, and the destruction of electronic data.

"All these allegations form part of the evidence presented in the investigation," Suyudi concluded.

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