Former Police Chief Listyo Sigit Faces Possible Dismissal Next Week Over Wiretapping Scandal

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A spokesman said the police would not grant preferential treatment to any suspects, all of whom are senior police officers.

Jakarta. The National Police will hold an ethics hearing next week for former police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, who is being detained over allegations of illegally intercepting communications involving President Prabowo Subianto and several other individuals.

The disciplinary proceedings could result in Listyo's dismissal from the police force. He also faces separate criminal proceedings over the alleged surveillance operation.

"We have scheduled it for next week," National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Johnny Eddizon Isir said on Tuesday.

Johnny said the composition of the police ethics commission that will hear Listyo's case would be determined by National Police Chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto.

He stressed that the police would not grant preferential treatment to any suspects, all of whom are senior police officers.

"In principle, there will be no special treatment and no impunity," Johnny said.

Three other senior officers have been named as suspects in the case: Insp. Gen. Ahrie Sonta Nasution, head of the National Police Legal Division; Insp. Gen. Eko Hadi Santoso, a senior official at the police education and training institution; and Insp. Gen. Slamet Uliandi, a former head of the Criminal Investigation Department's monitoring unit.

Ahrie was the first suspect to face a hearing before the Police Professional Ethics Commission over allegations that he conducted illegal wiretapping while serving as acting head of the National Police's monitoring and analysis division.

The commission found that Ahrie had committed serious professional misconduct and ordered his dishonorable dismissal from the police force.

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