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Indonesian model home safely after dramatic escape
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 05/31/2009 6:18 PM | World
Manohara Odelia Pinot, an Indonesian model who was reported to have been kept and abused by her royal Malaysian husband, returned to Indonesia on Sunday, after a dramatic escape from a hotel in Singapore.Speaking to a packed press conference in Jakarta, the Indonesian model of American descent, who speaks fluent English and French, recounted her movie-like escape: she had to hide out in a bathroom to buy time, refuse to be injected against her will and repeatedly press the emergency button in the elevator before the Singaporean police came to help her.
“They [the Singaporean police] brought me to a room. My mother arrived not long afterward and we embraced each other,” she said as quoted by Detik.com.
Daisy Fajarini told El-shinta radio she flew to Singapore after learning that her daughter was in the country.
The Foreign Ministry said the American Embassy was involved in the process of freeing Manohara. “The ministry coordinated with the United States Embassy because Manohara’s biological father is an American national which makes her an American national as well,” Teuku Faizasyah, the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson told The Jakarta Post.
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sirajudinkake (not verified) — Mon, 07/06/2009 - 4:26pm
As most of you have already read about the shocking allegations by Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mum Daisy Fajarina; of the abuse and dramatic escape from Singapore. Yeah, the teary teenage model Manohara claimed that she was sexually abused and tortured by her husband Tengku Mohd Fakhry, who treated her like a toy.
Meanwhile, her mother Daisy Fajarina has vowed to press charges against the prince pending a full medical report Speaking in Kuala Lumpur, the minister in the PM's department said the authorities are in the dark as there has been no formal report lodged so far.
According to Malaysian news, Mohd Sabri Shafiee, Tengku Fakhry's spokesman blamed Manohara's mother Daisy Fajarina, whom he described as materialistic, for messing up the daughter's marriage.
What do you think? A 16 year-old gorgeous girl willing to marry a 31 year-old Prince. A fairy-tale romance? Or it is fairly obvious as what Tengku Fakhry's spokesman claimed; the young bride's mum being materialistic? Then what do you think the mother married her 16 year-old teenage daughter off to a 31 year-old man?
James Smith (not verified) — Sun, 06/07/2009 - 1:58am
At least she is free now and away from the abuser ha!
Daisy our pray for you and someday you will find a nice
and wise and perfect man to be your husband where you both
will be happily ever after.
John Smith
Amd (not verified) — Fri, 06/05/2009 - 11:37pm
I'm for just, fair and right- I wouldn't want to see wowen to be treated like commodities-if they choose to be thats nothing we can do. That applies to anywhere malaysia, Indonesia or elsewhere, Manohara or whoever?
The story of Manohara hasn't done yet, we've not heard from the other side, therefore difficult to come to conclusion. But just today we saw in the printed media: read below,
-----Brata had told Indonesian journalists that Daisy had been on Interpol's "Red Notice" for the past one year. "This means she could be arrested anywhere."
Brata said he confirmed this when he went to the KLIA to help get Daisy released by Malaysian Immigration officers.
"Daisy told me of her criminal case that is waiting to be heard in France. She also told me her husband was imprisoned in France." --------
The above was statemnet made by Indonesian official.
Meysien (not verified) — Fri, 06/05/2009 - 12:03am
@sense, @jacob,@ tami: Why suddenly everybody becomes so expert in giving comments without basing on facts? The Manohara saga is far from over. Just sit back and relax while watching the story unfolding. The time will come when you all can give some rather educated comments.
Luciana (not verified) — Thu, 06/04/2009 - 7:46pm
@Dr. Zainul Azizan
I think Manohara was being honest. I don't think it's for publicity or money only. Mind you she was part part of the royalty already, she was married to the price, logically she had the wealth and the fame. If the Prince of Kelantan was treating her nicely as a husband was supposed to do, she could have been living happily ever after. Why would she ever wanted to take the risk giving up all of those things by blowing up false issues? So much for a publicity.
Another clueless (not verified) — Thu, 06/04/2009 - 7:38pm
It's sickening to see how this woman is exploiting the clueless daughter. She's just treating the kid as a cashcow. After letting the girl marry at such a young age and put her through the ordeal, she's still not learning. She's pushing her into too much spotlight which the naive girl is apparently enjoying, just to defend her acts. If the girl has suffered so much like they claimed, she should be treated with care and given counselling and rehabilitation. Truth should be sought in a dignified manner, not through cheezy infotainment interviews.
Sense (not verified) — Thu, 06/04/2009 - 1:31pm
I agree with Tami. That is a wise observation. The more I learn about this case, the more I feels that the mother is the culprit behind all this
Jacob The Biscuit (not verified) — Thu, 06/04/2009 - 1:27pm
I think all of you in Indonesia has completely been taken for a ride by this drama. From day one, her mother has orchestrated everything. She wed her daughter to the highest bidder, got the in laws to buy her wealth, settle her debts of millions of dollars, so that she can live like a queen. In short she is using her daughter for her own selfish reason. I am very sure, manohara is more afraid of her mother than her "abusing" husband. We in Malaysia are still waiting for the medical reports claiming she was tortured by her husband in particular we would like to see the scar on her chest and marks on her head from the ironing. I think what happen is her mother feels that the Kelantan royalist are not that rich enough for her, now she is going to sell her daughter again for more money. The Kelantan royalist is giving her time to produce the evidence, after that, let see what kind of crap she is going to produce then. By the way, many of msian royalist are scumbags, no denial. But this time, Daisy is the botch.
Tami Koestomo — Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:41am
Tami Koestomo
Of course I sympathize with Manohara's predicament, but in the past days, after following the TV coverage about her and her mother, I can't suppress the doubts that are arising. If Manohara's mother, Daisy Fajarina, really had the best interests of her daughter at heart, she would have gone straight to a renowned hospital in Jakarta upon arrival in Indonesia (or, better yet, a medical center in Singapore after leaving the hotel she escaped from) to subject Manohara to a thorough physical examination. For the results of this important examination might be of great help for Manohara in strengthening her planned legal case against the Kelantan prince, her husband. Instead, ever since they returned to Indonesia, Daisy Fajarina and Manohara held numerous press conferences, and on one occasion Manohara was dressed up to the hilt in yellow and gold finery, and was almost all smiles during the interviews on this occasion. Please pardon me for thinking so, but is that the way someone who has suffered through incessant sexual, mental and physical abuse really behaves? It does seem that, aside from this being a very cheap plot to gain public sympathy, Manohara's mother is also milking her daughter's numerous assets as well as this situation for all that it's worth. If that is indeed the case, I pity Manohara, the poor puppet, all the more.
Tami Koestomo, Bogor, West Java.
Setiawan (not verified) — Wed, 06/03/2009 - 4:41pm
Malaysia is the country where many Indonesians are being abused. Whether they are pembantus or royalty.
when will Indonesians stand up to it? We dont treat nationals from other countries like this. nearly every week its a pembantu being tortured in some Malaysian house, or its a construction labrour. Now its even with royalty.
I think Malaysia is a sick society.
I also think Indonesia has to stand up for its citizens.