The soldiers, identified by their initials NDP, SL, BHW and ES, will be held at a maximum security facility in Jakarta, he said.
Separately, Jakarta police released CCTV recordings on Wednesday showing the faces of two people suspected of attacking Andrie.
They had the initials BHC and MAK, police official Iman Imanuddin said. Their links to the four soldiers are unclear.
On Monday, police said analysis of CCTV footage showed four suspects on two scooters had followed Andrie before the attack.
Lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to form a special committee to oversee the handling of the case, according to member of parliament Habiburokhman, who uses only one name, like many Indonesians.
Andrie has been a vocal critic of moves to increase the influence of the military in the Indonesian government and had just finished recording a podcast on the topic when he was attacked.
UN rights chief Volker Turk last week said he was “deeply concerned” by the “horrific” attack and called for accountability.
Human Rights Watch says Indonesia “has undergone further democratic backsliding, crackdowns on protests, media censorship, and intimidation of activists” under President Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general in office since 2024.
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