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Was 'Siganteng' finally forcibly picked up over the Prabowo wiretapping case after being reported missing?

Does a photo show Indonesian Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya being arrested by military police (POM TNI) over the Prabowo wiretapping case?

True, but…

Genuine press conference, accurate in the clip — but the caption's 'forced pickup' and 'missing' framing is unsupported.

The video is real footage of Bareskrim Polri's 3 November 2026 press conference, where three suspects were named over illegal tapping of President Prabowo's phone and others. Its statements match official accounts and major outlets. The caption's additions — that 'Siganteng' was 'finally forcibly picked up' and had been 'reported missing' — are not supported by any credible reporting.

+5Sources ↓Original post ↗
Edited
The post as it circulated, labelled by our media check.Video

Claims

✓ 3 true

Investigators named three suspects with the initials LSP, ASN and EH over the alleged illegal wiretapping of the phone numbers of the President of Indonesia, state officials, political figures, media figures, mass-organisation figures, NGO activists and businesspeople.12348

✓ TrueCentral claimHigh confidence

This is the core of the video, and it holds. Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Asef Safrudin, speaking at a televised press conference on 3 November 2026, announced that three suspects were named for illegally intercepting the president's phone number and those of officials, politicians, journalists, mass-organisation figures, NGO activists and businesspeople. Indonesian outlets (Kompas, CNN Indonesia, Antara, detik) and international ones (BBC, ABC/AP, Reuters via The Star) report the same announcement with the same names — Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Ahrie Sonta Nasution and Eko Hadi Santoso. That is a strong, independent body of corroboration: the international wires have no stake in repeating a local press release, and the Indonesian outlets span different ownership. Nothing in the evidence contradicts the spoken claim, and the video's own audio matches the reported account closely. A reader should weigh two things: the claim is about a police announcement (not an independent court finding), and the footage is a repost with added stills, but neither changes whether the statement was made. It was.

The tapping ran from 2025 to 2026, with numbers entered into the LIMS server without verification, without an investigator's request or police report and unrelated to any lawful investigation; files were deleted around October 2026 and the report was lodged on 30 October 2026.123

✓ TrueHigh confidence

The chronology the speaker recites — numbers inserted into the Lawful Interception Management System without the verifications required under the 2010 police wiretapping regulation, with no investigative warrant and no case report, then intercept files deleted in October 2026, and a police report filed on 30 October 2026 — matches the account published by Kompas, the BBC and ABC/AP. This matters more than it might look: a timeline is the easiest thing for a diligent reporter to check line by line, and multiple outlets reproduced the same sequence of dates and mechanisms. That the LIMS system and the 2010 regulation appear in the video and in independent coverage is a good sign the audio is not scripted or dubbed. What a reader should weigh is that the chronology is police's own account of what its investigators believe happened; it is reported as an allegation, not a proven verdict. But that the statement was made and matched the public record is not in doubt.

Investigators examined 10 witnesses and 3 expert witnesses and seized 11 mobile phones, one iPad and four flash drives, and one further person (SU) was still a witness at the time of the announcement.357

✓ TrueHigh confidence

These are the kind of granular numbers that a fabricated or misattributed clip usually gets wrong. Here they check out verbatim: ABC/AP reports the same figures — 10 witnesses, three expert witnesses, 11 mobile phones, one iPad and four flash drives — and Kompas reproduces the same figures. Antara and CNN confirm that the fourth person, referred to as SU, was still a witness at the time of the 3 November press conference and was only upgraded to suspect on 5 November. That sequencing is a useful authenticity test in itself: a later-edited or invented video would tend to include the fourth suspect in the original count. The evidence is independent of the Threads repost, since it comes from agencies that attended or relied on the press conference directly. The main limit is that we are relying on what police said about their own investigation, not on seeing the evidence list ourselves.

Caption: the person referred to as 'Siganteng' was finally forcibly picked up and had earlier been reported missing in connection with the presidential wiretapping case.6

“Siganteng akhir nya dijemput paksa,sempat dikabarkan menghilang masalah kasus penyadapan presiden prabowo...”

– UnverifiableCentral claimLow confidence

This is the part the video does not actually show. The footage is a press conference, not an arrest, and no credible report describes any suspect in this case as having been 'reported missing'. The only night-time pickup story in the input is Mahfud MD's account that Listyo Sigit Prabowo was collected at his home at around 03:00 on 2 November by the deputy police chief and the Bareskrim chief and released about two hours later — before he was named a suspect and detained. That is a claim by a political figure, not a police statement, and it describes being summoned and then released, not being 'forcibly picked up' after vanishing. Our multiple searches for reporting that a suspect had been reported missing returned nothing. So the caption blends one genuine event (the 3 November announcement) with added colour that we cannot verify and that no independent source supports. 'Siganteng' is itself an online nickname, not an official designation, which makes the claim harder to pin down and easier to embellish.

Still open: Whether 'Siganteng' in the caption refers to Listyo Sigit or someone else is never made explicit; the poster does not link the nickname to an official name.

What was posted

Threads

A Threads post carrying a video of a police press conference, overlaid with a collage of officers' photographs, name tags and a gold banner. The caption tells readers that the figure called 'Siganteng' was finally 'forcibly picked up' in the presidential wiretapping case and had earlier been reported missing. The audio is genuine Indonesian-language broadcast of the Bareskrim announcement.

“Siganteng akhir nya dijemput paksa,sempat dikabarkan menghilang masalah kasus penyadapan presiden prabowo... sorotan #pengikut #jangkauanluas”

“Siganteng was finally forcibly picked up, having earlier been reported missing over the case of wiretapping President Prabowo... highlight #followers #wide reach” — translated

Posted on Threads by the account @baktiardaslongmail. The video carries a television watermark from the original broadcast and an aggregator watermark reading 'sumberterkini'.

The media

Video
EditedPresented as real footage

✓ What is genuine

The broadcast footage, the speaker's statement, the television watermark and the text banner's core message are all genuine and match the official account. The overlay images are real photographs of real officers; the edit is arrangement, not fabrication.

The tells

  • ●●● Strong signal The broadcast portion is genuine television footage with a real station watermark and a speaker delivering a statement that matches verified coverage.our visual review
  • ●●● Strong signal A static collage of photographs and a text banner are overlaid on the lower half of the frame — an added edit, not part of the original broadcast.our visual review
  • ●●● Strong signal Our AI-generation detector scored the media at 0.9999 for 'not AI generated', so the underlying footage is not synthetic.our detector
  • ●●○ Supporting signal An aggregator watermark reading 'sumberterkini' sits over the frame, consistent with a repost through a content page rather than the original broadcaster.our visual review

Synthetic-media detector

Detector ran

The analysis suspected fabrication, so the detector ran.

AI-generated likelihood0%
Deepfake likelihood28%

Scores are the detector’s estimate for the file as uploaded. A low score does not rule out editing, a spliced caption, or footage shown out of context — those are judged above. Model v3.

How we checked the media

  • Visual review of the footage: the broadcast portion is the Bareskrim Polri press conference of 3 November 2026, with a television watermark visible.
  • Visual review of the overlay: a static collage of officers' photographs and a gold text banner carrying the accurate words 'Penyidik menetapkan tiga tersangka'.
  • Compared the spoken content of the clip with official and independent reporting.
  • Ran our AI-generation detector on the media.

Sources

8 sources reviewed

Further reading

  • 2BBC The clearest English-language summary of the scandal and the sequence of arrests and suspects.
  • 3ABC News (AP) Carries the exact figures quoted in the clip, useful for checking them yourself.
  • 6BeritaSatu.com The origin of the only night-time pickup story in the record, from a political figure rather than police.
  • 7detikNews Shows what happened to the fourth suspect after the press conference in the clip.

The full story

On 3 November 2026, Indonesia's criminal investigation agency, Bareskrim Polri, held a press conference to announce that three suspects had been named over the illegal interception of phone numbers, including that of President Prabowo Subianto. The speaker, Kabareskrim Polri Komjen Asep Safrudin, set out how investigators say it happened: numbers inserted into the Lawful Interception Management System without the checks required by the 2010 police wiretapping regulation, no investigative warrant, files deleted around October 2026, and a police report lodged on 30 October 2026. He named the initials — LSP, ASN and EH — and said investigators had questioned ten witnesses and three experts and seized 11 phones, an iPad and four flash drives. Indonesian outlets and international wires reported it the same day.

That is the kernel of truth in the post. The clip a Threads user shared is that genuine broadcast, with a collage of officers' photographs and an accurate banner laid over it.

What the caption adds is different. It says the figure known as 'Siganteng' was 'finally forcibly picked up' and had earlier been 'reported missing'. Neither the footage nor any credible report supports that. The clip shows a press conference, not an arrest. The only night-time pickup account in the record is a political figure's claim that Listyo Sigit was collected at his home around 03:00 on 2 November and released about two hours later — before he was named a suspect and detained. Police never described a forced pickup, and a story about the president's chief of staff going missing would have been covered heavily had it been real. The plausible core made the extra detail easy to believe.

Kernel of truth

Bareskrim Polri genuinely announced on 3 November 2026 that three suspects had been named over illegal wiretapping that included the president's phone number.

Timeline

  1. October 30, 2026

    A police report is lodged over the alleged illegal interception and deletion of files. 3ABC News (AP)

  2. November 2, 2026

    According to Mahfud MD, Listyo Sigit Prabowo is collected at his home around 03:00 and released about two hours later. 6BeritaSatu.com

  3. November 3, 2026

    Bareskrim Polri names three suspects — LSP, ASN and EH — over the illegal wiretapping of the president's phone and other targets; all three are detained. 1Kompas.id

  4. November 4, 2026

    Prabowo dismisses Listyo Sigit from the presidential staff post. 2BBC

  5. November 5, 2026

    Police name a fourth suspect, Slamet Uliandi, who is not detained because of illness after a stroke. 7detikNews

How it was framed

False contextMisleading content

The video is genuine footage of a real press conference and its content is accurate, but the caption re-frames it as evidence of a 'forced pickup' after a disappearance, which the footage does not show and no credible source supports. The overlaid collage adds a further layer of presentation without changing the underlying facts.

  • “Visual proof”. The clip shows a real police press conference, and the caption relies on the authority of that footage to support its added 'forced pickup' claim.
  • Ongoing-threat framing. The words 'dijemput paksa' (forcibly picked up) and 'menghilang' (disappeared) frame the case as a drama of coercion rather than a routine police announcement.
  • Missing context. The caption does not tell readers that the footage is a press conference, when it happened, or that the 'missing' element is not in the video at all.

Posted on Threads by @baktiardaslongmail. The video carries a television watermark from the original broadcast and an aggregator watermark reading 'sumberterkini'. No information about the account's identity or history is in our record.

Bias

NoneSlightModerateStrong

Leans sensationalist, anti-elite framing. The clip itself is a neutral police press conference, but the account wraps it in dramatic, unverified language ('forcibly picked up', 'reported missing') plus reach-farming hashtags, pushing a scandal-and-conspiracy tone around senior police officers rather than adding information.

Bias describes how the post frames its message — the slant of the language, selection and emphasis — and is judged separately from whether the claim is true. A true claim can still be framed with a strong slant.

How we checked

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  1. 1

    Ran targeted searches in Indonesian for the Bareskrim announcement, the suspect initials LSP, ASN and EH, and the 'Siganteng' nickname.

  2. 2

    Searched specifically for reporting that a suspect had been reported missing or forcibly picked up.

  3. 3

    Compared the spoken chronology and figures in the clip with official and independent reporting.

  4. 4

    Reviewed the footage visually: broadcast watermark, the overlaid collage of officers' photographs and the text banner.

  5. 5

    Ran our AI-generation detector on the media to test whether the footage itself was synthetic.

✓ Claim checked✓ Media checked✓ Sources checked

Why 88% confidence

High

HIGH on the claims that the press conference happened and the clip's statements match: multiple independent outlets, including international wires and Indonesian outlets of different ownership, report the same announcement, names and figures. The caption's 'forced pickup' and 'missing' additions are graded LOW and left UNVERIFIABLE because our searches found no supporting reporting; we cannot prove a negative, so we say what the record shows.

Limits. We did not open every page in our search list, and pages_opened is empty, so we relied on search results and reporting snippets rather than a full read of each article. We did not contact Bareskrim or the poster. We cannot establish who 'Siganteng' is meant to be.

What we don’t know

  • Which individual the caption's nickname 'Siganteng' is meant to identify — it is never linked to a full name in the post.
  • Whether the poster had any source for the 'reported missing' element, or added it from another online discussion.
  • Whether police ever used the phrase 'dijemput paksa' in any on-record statement; our searches found none.
  • The full content of each article in our search list, since we relied on reporting snippets.

Spot it yourself

Find the overstatement

Looks suspicious, isn’t proof

  • The video has a busy collage of officers' photographs and a gold banner over the footage — common in aggregator edits and not proof of fakery by itself.
  • The aggregator watermark 'sumberterkini' suggests a repost rather than an original upload, which is a reason to check, not evidence of falsity.
  • The informal nickname 'Siganteng' and the hashtag '#jangkauanluas' (wide reach) give the post a tabloid feel — tone alone proves nothing.
  • The caption says someone was 'forced' and 'missing', which sounds alarming; alarming claims are not false just because they are dramatic.

The actual evidence

  • The spoken audio matches the official Bareskrim account and is independently reported by Kompas, CNN Indonesia, Antara, BBC, ABC/AP and Reuters.
  • The witness, expert and seizure figures in the clip — 10 witnesses, 3 experts, 11 phones, one iPad, four flash drives — are reproduced verbatim by independent outlets.
  • The fourth suspect (SU) is described as still a witness in the clip, matching reporting that he was only upgraded on 5 November — a sign the video was not later edited to fit.
  • No credible report describes a suspect as having been 'reported missing'; the only pickup story is a political figure's claim of a 03:00 collection and release two hours later.
  1. 1

    Separate what the video shows from what the caption says

    Watch and listen to the footage, then read the caption. Here the video is a press conference; the 'forced pickup' and 'missing' claims exist only in the words above it.

  2. 2

    Ask who would be reporting this if it were true

    'Siganteng' going missing or being forcibly taken would be a major story. Search the phrase in Indonesian — 'dikabarkan menghilang', 'dijemput paksa' — and see whether any established outlet carries it.

  3. 3

    Check the official account and the wires

    Look for the police statement from that day and for agency coverage (AP, Reuters, BBC). If the video's numbers match theirs, the footage is likely genuine.

  4. 4

    Treat nicknames as a warning sign

    'Siganteng' is an online label, not an official name. A claim that never links the nickname to a full name is harder to verify and easier to inflate.

Takeaway

A genuine video can carry a false caption. Before you judge the clip, separate the footage from the words wrapped around it — the strongest evidence is often in what the caption cannot show.

Questions people ask

Was the video of the Prabowo wiretapping press conference real?+

Yes. The footage is genuine television coverage of the 3 November 2026 Bareskrim Polri press conference where three suspects were named over illegal tapping of President Prabowo's phone and others. Our AI detector scored the footage as not AI-generated, and the spoken details match independent reporting.

Was 'Siganteng' forcibly picked up and had he been reported missing?+

No credible source supports either element. The video shows a press conference, not an arrest. The only pickup account in our record is a political figure's claim that Listyo Sigit was collected at his home around 03:00 on 2 November and released about two hours later — not a forced pickup, and no report of him being missing.

Who are the three suspects named on 3 November 2026?+

According to Kompas, CNN Indonesia and the international wires, they are Listyo Sigit Prabowo (LSP), Ahrie Sonta Nasution (ASN) and Eko Hadi Santoso (EH). A fourth suspect, Slamet Uliandi, was added on 5 November 2026 and was not detained because of illness after a stroke.

Why does a real video get shared with a misleading caption?+

A genuine clip gives a post the appearance of proof, and an added caption can say things the footage does not show. Here the accurate press conference lends credibility to the unverified 'forced pickup' and 'missing' framing, which is why the caption is worth checking separately from the video.

How does the AI detector fit into this?+

Our detector tests whether the footage itself was synthesised or generated. It scored the media overwhelmingly as not AI-generated, which supports our view that the broadcast is real. It does not tell you whether the caption is accurate — for that we checked independent reporting.

Go deeper

Bareskrim Polri
Indonesia's criminal investigation agency, a branch of the national police.
LIMS
Lawful Interception Management System, the police system used to manage authorised phone intercepts.
False context
When genuine content is shared with a caption or framing that changes its meaning.
Partial manipulation
When a real piece of media has been edited — here with added stills and text — without the underlying event being faked.
Aggregator watermark
A label added by a content page that reposts material from elsewhere, often to drive reach.

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For educators+
False context: genuine content presented with a misleading caption or frameThe difference between a fabricated video and a re-edited genuine oneSource independence and why multiple outlets of different ownership matterAggregator content pages and their watermarks
  • The video is real but the caption is not supported. Does that make the post true, false, or something in between — and why?
  • If a police press conference would be covered by many outlets, what does it tell you when a dramatic detail appears in no outlet at all?
  • How would you redesign this post so that a reader could tell what is verified and what is not?

About this check

Platform
Threads
Age when checked
1–2 days old when checked
Where it spread
ID
Audience
Local audience
Language
ID
Status
● Post is live
Verified
November 8, 2026, 03:12 UTC
Published
November 8, 2026, 03:12 UTC

Reach. Kompas [KLARIFIKASI] piece is the news item attached to a Google Trends ID trend (8 Nov); TNI chief denial of 'Teddy examined by POM' covered by Warta Ekonomi, VIVA, Pontianak Post, RMOL, Riau Aktual 6-7 Nov

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