Jakarta -โค Nandi Juliawan, known to many as โencuy from the popular series โข Pension Thugs, was found โdead at his home in Garut, West Java, on Saturday night, September 6, โ2025. โขHe was 32โค years โold. His death has โคprompted an outpouring of grief from โfansโ and colleagues, and a revealing look into his final moments sharedโ by his wife.
The tragedy โคunfolded after Nandi’s โwife, Esa โLestari, discovered his body around 9:00 PM local time upon returning home from selling cireng (fried tapioca dumplings). โPolice found Nandi’s body in aโค hanging โcondition โฃnear the โขstairs of his house,using a blue sarong. The Garut Police’s Criminal Examinationโ Unit Head, โคAKPโค Joko Prihatin, confirmed the circumstances to โ detikjabar. โฃ
In the wakeโฃ of the devastatingโ loss,โข Esa Lestari shared โฃtheir last conversation on Instagram, offering a poignant glimpse into Nandi’s final hours.The โขmessages reveal Nandi complaining of chest pain andโ requesting his wifeโ contact his mother. “De Ka โขSimamah โPiwarangโ Kabumi Abiโ Teu’s strong chestโ pain (deck, please tell me to go to theโค house, โI am not strong chest pain),” he wrote. Esa responded with “Astaghfirullah,” prompting โNandi to ask,”Why Astaghfirullah?” โShe immediately โsought help from her mother,but the exchange proved to be their last โขdialog.
Esa โaccompanied her โขpost withโค a heartbroken message, expressing her regret that Nandi โhadn’t โขshared the full extent ofโ his โคstruggles. “Last chat, โthe last communication,โฃ at 9 pm I waited for pickup, I usually picked up to the stall from workโฆ It’s a shame if youโค just talk about what the problems are โin your life. So you love me andโฃ Gendis that I don’t wantโ to involve me in your โฃproblem.”
Beyond his role as Encuy in Pension Thugs, Nandi Juliawan also appeared as Lukman in โthe soap opera Suparman Reborn. โ
Authoritiesโ have not yet determined โฃthe motive behind Nandi’s death. Following โฃa family request, โคthe body was buriedโฃ that night without an autopsy.
Ifโ you โฃare โstruggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach outโ for help. You can find affordable mental โขhealth servicesโข at www.intothelightid.org/cari โฃor access first aid resources at www.intothelightid.org/Help.
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