Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto dismissed his chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, on Wednesday.
The arrest happened a day after the former national police chief was arrested in a wiretapping investigation, the authorities said.
Listyo and two other senior police officers were arrested on suspicion of tapping the phones of the president, cabinet ministers and others.
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Presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi told reporters that the alleged wiretapping could amount to treason and threaten national security.
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