FILE PHOTO:Protesters hold a 'wanted' poster depicting National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, in front of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police headquarters in Jakarta on August 29, 2025, during a demonstration demanding accountability and a thorough investigation into the death of a motorcycle taxi driver a day earlier during a protest against lawmakers' allowance increases. - AFP
JAKARTA: Questions over the future of National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo have resurfaced, following President Prabowo Subianto’s recent pledge to overhaul the force amid intensifying calls for meaningful change in the wake of last month’s deadly protests sparked by economic inequality and police brutality.
The renewed scrutiny over Listyo’s position came after Prabowo reportedly welcomed the idea of establishing an independent investigation into the police’s alleged excessive use of force when handling the widespread protests and a new commission to spearhead the police reform.
