inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Central Leadership of the Muhammadiyah Student Association Alumni Family Forum (FOKAL IMM) has proposed to the Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief General Suyudi Ario Seto the immediate formation of a Special Supervisory Team to investigate the illegal wiretapping case currently underway at INP Criminal Investigation Agency.
The General Chairperson of FOKAL IMM, Prof. Ma'mun Murod Al-Barbasy, emphasized the need for multi-layered oversight to ensure the entire investigation process is carried out professionally, transparently, and accountably, without any room for irregularities.
"This illegal wiretapping case involving a former top National Police leader and the victims of the wiretapping, not only the President but also public figures, is no ordinary matter," said Prof. Ma'mun in a statement in Jakarta on Thursday (11/5/2026).
According to him, this case concerns citizens' right to privacy, guaranteed by Article 28G of the 1945 Constitution, which regulates the limits of state authority, and public trust in law enforcement institutions.
"If wiretapping is carried out without court permission and without a valid legal basis, then it is not only privacy that is being violated, but also the principle of the rule of law itself," he said.
Therefore, the PP FOKAL IMM proposed the need for multi-layered oversight involving internal oversight as well as external oversight consisting of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), and the Indonesian Ombudsman.
He explained that the involvement of this special team is not to intervene in the investigation. Its task is to ensure three things. First, to ensure that investigators work independently and free from interference from anyone, including those in power.
"Investigators must only obey the law and evidence, not the pressure of office or political or business interests," he explained.
Second, to ensure that every stage of the investigation is legally accountable, from the confiscation of wiretapping devices, digital forensics, the examination of witnesses and suspects, to tracing the intellectual actors, orders, funding, and victims of the wiretapping. And third, to ensure that the rights of victims are protected.
"The state is obliged to notify citizens who are victims of illegal wiretapping and provide restitution in accordance with statutory provisions," he said.
Prof. Ma'mun emphasized that the investigation, overseen by a special team, demonstrates that the state is operating under the rule of law, not under the rule of power. The state's wiretapping technology should be used to apprehend drug dealers, corruptors, and perpetrators of serious crimes, not to spy on its own citizens.
He said that the three external oversight institutions have roles, according to their respective duties and authorities, to ensure the professionalism and accountability of the National Police (Polri) as a state instrument tasked with enforcing the law.
Furthermore, he continued, the PP FOKAL IMM also requested that the Criminal Investigation Agency disclose information professionally to the public regarding the progress of this case, without compromising the interests of the investigation.
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