Indonesia is sending more than 20,000 troops and other personnel to Jakarta, officials said Wednesday, after three senior police generals were detained in an inquiry into alleged illegal wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto^1,2.

Stuff reported that authorities have not confirmed the deployment is connected to the wiretapping case and that a first phase began Monday with 2,100 personnel already based in the capital¹.

National police said Tuesday they had detained three generals suspected of intercepting communications without authorization, including presidential chief of staff Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, according to AP². The other two named by police were Insp. Gen. Ahrie Sonta Nasution, head of the National Police legal division, and Insp. Gen. Eko Hadi Santoso of the police education institute, AP reported².

Police said the alleged intercepts ran from 2025 to 2026, that numbers were entered into a lawful-interception system without verification, and that files were later ordered deleted, AP reported, citing Criminal Investigation Agency head Asep Safrudin². Investigators had questioned 13 witnesses and seized phones, a tablet and flash drives, according to that account².

Stuff said the presidential palace described alleged tapping of the president as conduct that could be regarded as leading toward treason, because access to a head of state's communications could endanger the state¹. AP reported Coordinating Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said investigators had found no indication of treason, while calling unauthorized surveillance of a president or ministers a serious matter².

AP said neither Prabowo nor the three suspects had responded publicly and that a spokesperson for the chief of staff's office could not be reached². Mahendra said possible charges include unlawful interception and related electronic-data offenses under Indonesia's criminal code and electronic-information law, AP reported². Motive has not been disclosed².