The Misery Machine - The Horrifying Case of Eno Farihah

Episode Date: May 11, 2026

This week, Drewby and Yergy head over to Tangerang, Indonesia, to discuss the case of 18-year-old Eno Farihah, a factory worker who was found murdered in her dormitory room at PT Polyta Global Mandiri on March 13, 2016. Her boyfriend Rahmat Alim, who was 15 or 16 years old at the time of the assault, murdered her alonside accomplices Rahmat Arafin, and Imam Hapriadi - both 24. All three men took issues with Eno after she rejected their sexual advances, and the younger Rahmat was enraged that Eno was going to break up with him due to an arranged marriage. What happened inside of that dorm room on the PT Polyta Global Mandiri campus is almost hard to imagine if we didn't have x-rays and CT scans backing up the evidence...Support Our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Our Facebook Group: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials Available Upon Request.

Eno Farieha was born on October 6, 1997, in the small Indonesian neighborhood known as Campong Bancir. She was the third of seven children born to parents, Ari, Fickory, and Maputo. Her parents weren't wealthy, but they raised their children in a community that valued faith and hard work. Those who knew her described her as a well-liked young woman with a warm smile. By all accounts, she was a good kid from a decent family who wanted better for herself and the people she loved. At the time of our story, Enno was 18 years old. She had her whole life ahead of her. By 2016, Indonesia had a booming manufacturing sector concentrated in the suburbs and satellite cities surrounding Jakarta, places like Tongarang, which were largely industrial.

For many young people, traveling there for factory work meant independence and a way to send money home. Enno was one of those young people. By the time she was a teenager, she had made the journey to Kosambi, a district within the Tongaong Regency, where she took a job as a factory worker at PT Polyta Global Mandiri, a plastics manufacturing company. Like many of her fellow workers, Enno lived in the factory's employee dorms right there on the company's grounds. For Enno, who was hours away from her family, the factory dorms were home. Among her closest friends at the factory were three women who had later become central to the story of what happened to her. Their names were Fittro, Ero, and Novi. They were essentially Enno's work family.

They all walked to work together and often spent their lunches together. Eno also had a boyfriend named Rahmat Alim. Two had only been together for about a month of the time of the events of today's story. Their relationship was not recognized or approved by Enno's parents. And there was a reason for that. Ramad Alim was not a fellow factory worker. He was a 15-year-old junior high school student. The age gap and the disapproval from her family would be woven into a web of jealous.

and rage that would violently end Enno's life on the night of May 12th into the early hours of May 13th, 2016. The National Commission on Violence Against Women, known as Komnoss Perimpuan, had documented hundreds of thousands of cases of violence against women every year. In 2014 alone, they recorded 293,220 such cases, with 68% of these being family violence. Women factory workers were among the most at risk, and there were reasons for this. A big one being that factory dorms

were often minimally secured and young women living far from home had few options or support systems if something went wrong. There were three perpetrators. The first was 15-year-old Rama Alim. He was, as mentioned, Enno's boyfriend. According to investigators,

Rama Alim had learned that Enno's parents had arranged a marriage for her with another man following her family's wishes. Rama was reportedly aware that Enno had accepted this plan, agreeing to end things with him. According to some accounts, Rama Alim had gone to Enno's dorm that night. He wanted at least one last meeting and farewell. Other reports suggested he wanted more than that. He wanted a kiss, and when they were alone together, he pushed for intimacy.

Enno refused him. The second perpetrator was 24-year-old Ramat Arafine, who was another resident of the dormant. complex. He and Ramat alim had run into each other that night in. According to reports, Ramat Arifene himself had developed feelings for Enno and had been rejected by her. The third perpetrator was 24-year-old Imam Habriadi. He was like Ramat Arafin, also at the dorm complex. He also reportedly had some connection to Enno described in some accounts as an admirer who had been rejected. Indonesia news agencies reported that all three months, men were heartbroken by Enno for different reasons in that they only planned the rape and murder

after the three met each other and realized that Enno had hurt them. Now, think about what that means for a moment. Three men, each with a grudge against one woman, a woman who had done nothing but say no. They found each other that night and compared notes and decided to do something about it. It was raining that night. The dorm was largely empty. Most residents were elsewhere that night. The rain muffled whatever sounds came from inside. Sadly, no one would hear Enno, and no one would come to save her. What we are about to describe is very graphic.

We don't usually take the time to say this, but it was one of the most brutal crimes ever to be covered in the Indonesian national media. We want to be straightforward with you about that before we go further. We are going to follow the investigative timeline, and the medical examiner's findings as carefully and accurately as possible because Enno deserves to have her story told truthfully in full without softening the reality of what was done to her. On the evening of May 12, 2016, Ramad Alim had come to see Enno. Two spoke for approximately 30 minutes.

At some point in that conversation, Ramat Alim made a pass and Enno refused him. Her reasons, according to investigators, was that she was afraid of becoming pregnant, an entirely reasonable refusal. Ramat Furious left the room, but he didn't go home. He found Ramat Arafing. As the two of them were talking, Eman Hopradi appeared. According to the investigative reconstruction of events,

Ramat Alim told the other two men that he had gone there to see Enno. What emerged from that conversation was not recorded in full. We don't exactly know what was spoken between them. But we do know what they did. ended up deciding to do. The three men went into Enno's room. When they entered, Enno was asleep on her bed wearing only her underwear. Imam Hopriadi immediately pressed a pillow over her face, smothering her.

He told Rama Alim to go to the kitchen and find a knife. Ramat Alim could not find one, so he went looking outside the room for something else. While he was gone, Ramat Arifin violently essayed Enno while Imam Hopriotti held her down and kept smothering her. Then, Rama Alim returned to the room. He had a gardening home known as a canckel with him. Imam directed Ramat Arafine to strike Enno across the face and neck with a tool. The blows opened wounds across her cheek and jaw. Enno was still alive, still breathing, but was extremely injured. According to her reports, Ramah Alim was disturbed by the blood. He briefly left the room again because he was disgusted by the sight of it.

He returned a short time later to check on whether Enno was still alive. What happened next is how the case got its name, Enno Cankel or Enno of the Ho. Ramat Arafine inserted the handle of the hoe inside of Enno's body. He forced it upward and one of the perpetrators kicked the blade end as hard as he could. driving the handle further into her body. It pierced her womb and continued through her pelvis into her abdominal cavity. According to police statements and the subsequent CT scan evidence, the handle traveled approximately 60 centimeters upward through her body.

The handle reached as high as Enno's fifth rib and she died from her injuries. After confirming she was dead, the three men went through her belongings, in, Rama Alim stole her cell phone. They each went into the bathroom and washed Enno's blood from their hands and bodies. Then they pulled clothes and other items from her closet and piled everything on top of her body, trying to hide the body and buy themselves time before the smell gave them away. They left the room, locked the door from the outside, and threw the room key back inside through an air vent near the door. When Enno did not show up for work, Fittro, Ero, and Novi all tried to call her.

After she didn't answer, they went to her room which was locked from the outside. They knocked and yelled but were met with silence. With little other option, they were able to get one of their male co-workers to help break down the door. Enno's room was in utter chaos, with clothes and other items piled on the bed. And beneath the heap was Enno's leg sticking out from under the pile of fabric that had been placed over her body to hide what had been done. They found Enno naked, covered in blood, the garden hose still inside her. Her body was transported to Tongarang District Hospital, where a full autopsy was conducted on May 14th. External injuries included cuts and abrasions on her right cheek and neck, as well as bruising to both her upper and lower lip.

Some of the most damning injuries were bite marks on her breasts that were confirmed through forensic analysis to belong to Ramad Alim, his DNA was recovered from her body and his fingerprints were found in the room. There were fractures to Enno's right cheekbone in the right jaw. There was an open wound that penetrated the lining of the pelvic cavity. Internally, her liver had been lacerated so severely that the wound extended through to the right chest cavity. Her right lung had been ruptured as a result. There was also evidence of hemorrhaging in her chest in abdominal cavity. The CT scan showed that the whole hand,

had traveled all the way to the level of the fifth rib on the right side of her chest. Police director Krishna Murdi was clear that in his many years working homicide cases, this was the most sadistic crime he had ever seen. Police tracked the suspects through Enno's stolen cell phone, which led them straight to Ramad Alin. All three suspects were arrested on May 14th, the day after Enno's body was discovered. On top of everything else, investigators also found blood. evidence in their homes. The case against the three men was overwhelming. All three men were charged brought before the Tangarang District Court. The prosecutors charged them under Indonesian

criminal code specifically Article 340 for premeditated murder and Article 285 for S.A. Because Rama Alim was a minor, his case was heard separately in a closed juvenile court proceeding. The defense tried to argue that their client did not know the victim and had purchased her phone from a third party named Demas. Prosecutors dismissed this, noting that Demas had never been introduced during any prior proceeding. In June of 2016,

just about a month after Enno's murder, that proceeding concluded and Ramat Alim was convicted. Under Indonesian law, that maximum sentence for a juvenile offender is half that of the adult maximum. He was sentenced to just 10 years in prison, which is the maximum,

allowable under juvenile law. Enos family and friends were devastated by that sentence. Ten years. For the boy who brought the hoe and helped plan the whole murder and then cover it up in the most disgusting way, you could possibly kill someone, someone you're supposed to care about. Now, hundreds of people swarmed the courthouse in fury.

They felt justice wasn't served, which it wasn't, and they wanted to drag Ramat Alim through the streets. Police rushed to protect the building as rocks were thrown at the courthouse. Police formed a human shield and rushed him and his lawyer out of the building through a back exit, protecting them from the crowd. The rage was real, and the grief was real. The proceedings for Ramat Arafin and Imam Habriadi were held publicly at the Tongarang District Court. Seven witnesses testified and forensic evidence was presented.

Both adult defendants were stone-faced for most of the trial. February 8th, 2017, the panel of judges at the Tongarang District Court unanimously decided on their punishment. Death. Panel chair judge Mohammed Irfan Siraghar read the verdict. This episode is brought to you by L'Oreal Group. Beauty is a powerful force that moves us. That's why L'Oreal Group has built a business that is inclusive at its heart with 100% of its brands, championing diversity. with 25,000 professional opportunities for people under 30 worldwide and 54% of leading positions held by women.

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death row awaiting execution. Ramah Alim, having been sentenced as a juvenile, would have been eligible for release this year depending on remission credits under Indonesian law. And unfortunately, we don't have any information to confirm or deny if Rahmah alim is behind bars. Enos case became one of the most widely discussed criminal cases in Indonesian media history, covered by every major outlet and was all over social media. Enos gruesome murder generated further intense national debate about women's safety, as her killing was one of the most sadistic murder cases in Indonesia. Her case landed at a moment where women's rights were already front and center in Indonesia.

Just weeks prior, the country had been rocked by the essay and murder of Yu Yan, a 14-year-old girl in the Benkulu province of Sumatra, who, on April 2, 2016, was attacked by 14 men and boys on her way home from school. She was described as a bright student who was ranked third in her class. Her body was later dumped at a rubber plantation. rights activists and members of the public took to the streets demanding accountability. President Joko Widodo had been calling for legislative action to tighten convictions for these types of crimes against women. He later made the following tweet, referring to Yu Yun using her initials.

He said, we all mourn the tragic departure of Y-Y-Y. Arrest and punish the perpetrators as severely as possible. Women and children have to be protected from violence. According to Kate Walton, a Jakarta-based women's rights activists, Yu Yan was actually just one of 44 women and girls killed by men and boys in the first four months of 2016. But her case was certainly one of the most brutal. Enno's murder added to that pressure. Advocates and organizations used it to push for what eventually would become the elimination of sexual violence bill. The bill was introduced in 2016 in response to the war.

wave of cases that year by the National Commission on Violence Against Women or Comnas Paramban and partner organizations. That bill, however, would face years of obstruction from political factions within the Indonesian parliament. It was officially dropped as a legislative priority in 2020 before eventually being revived. It was not until six years after NO's murder that Indonesia finally enacted a comprehensive law addressing sexual violence. The struggle to pass that law was shaped by victims like Enno. Enno's stories sparked conversation about workplace safety for women in factories. Young women in factory dorms far from home in minimally secured housing were easy targets. Factory owners were pushed to look at how they were housing their female workers

and what measures they were taking to ensure their safety. After Enno's murder had become public, the women who had lived in Enno's dorm simply could not stay. One by one, they left. The dorm emptied out almost completely after Enno's murder. The women said they couldn't shake the thought about what their neighbor had gone through in her room that night. There is one more thing about the aftermath of this case

that must be addressed, as uncomfortable as it is, and that's the internet's response to her murder. Because of the specific unusual nature of the weapon used in Enno's murder, as we mentioned previously, her case was nicknamed Enno Kangol, with Kangol being the Indonesian word for Gardenho. On social media, particularly from users in neighboring Malaysia, the case was made into a meme. This is very hard to comprehend as we don't often see random people making fun of murder victims. especially one who died in such a brutal and heinous way. People photographed themselves lying on garden hose mimicking Enno's death for laughs.

It sadly wasn't just a couple of people either. Some framed it as a commentary on women who violate religious norms saying that Enno got what she deserved for how she lived her life in their eyes. Others said that they were just doing it to be edgy. Either way, Enno's death, one of the most vile and disgusting murder, that we have ever covered on this channel was turned into a punchline. People celebrated and mocked it. I don't even know how to finish this thought because it feels like me condemning this is not enough. This is one of two times we've seen this happen, the other being heaven AWAT, which was also

insanely violent. And I am dumbfounded and sicken that any grown adult would mock or celebrate any murder such as theirs. Enno Farieha was buried in Lebeckwangi, just a short distance from the village where she was born. A YouTube video whose title translates to, dozens of her co-workers weep at Eno Farieha's grave, documented the scene at the cemetery. The title says it all. The women she had worked beside, ate lunch with, and walked to the factory with, they came to bury her. They wept at her grave side. These were the same women who would soon pack up their belongings and leave the dorm they could no longer bear to live in.

The dorm where their friend had died. On May 19, 2016, one week after Enno's death, Indonesia's Minister of Social Affairs, Kofifa Indar Parawangsa, traveled to Kampong Kier to visit Enos family personally. The minister attended a seven-day Islamic prayer ceremony that the family had organized, the Tujahari, a traditional commemoration held seven days after a death. She also visited Enno's grave at the local cemetery to offer her respect and prayers. The minister's visit was significant. A cabinet-level official traveling to a rural village within a week of a murder tells you something about how much pressure was on the government.

to respond and do something here. But Enno deserved so much more. She deserved to grow old. It's now the 10-year anniversary of her murder. She deserved the ordinary life she was working so hard to build. And that was a paycheck, some independence, and a future her parents back at the compung would have been proud of.