He even pledged to find “who ordered and paid,” floating the idea of an independent fact-finding team.

Now comes the part that will determine whether those words were a show of leadership or mere omon-omon (just talk).

Andrie was attacked in a civilian space, while riding home in Central Jakarta after recording a podcast on militarism, an issue he has pushed for years through the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

The Indonesian Military’s (TNI) Police Headquarters (Puspom) has arrested four personnel linked to the TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).

The BAIS chief has stepped down “as a form of responsibility,” according to the military, while civil society groups insist this is not accountability, especially if the case is confined to a military justice process.

The President must therefore do two things at once: deliver justice for Andrie and prove that the state can protect dissent without hiding behind institutions designed to protect themselves.