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he Indonesian government is demanding an explanation from Malaysian as to why an Indonesian woman was denied entry to see her daughter whom she claims is being abused by her husband of Malaysian royalty.

Daisy Fajarini said Malaysian immigration authorities denied her entry in March without explanation when she arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Jakarta. She claimed she was forced to return to Jakarta on the same day.

She said the immigration officers on duty told her they only took orders from their superiors. "I had to immediately return to Jakarta or I had to remain in a detainment room. I had no choice than to return to Jakarta that same day."

She said she arrived in Kuala Lumpur to see her daughter Manohara Odelia Pinot Manohara, a 17-year-old Indonesian model married to Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, prince of the Kelantan state.

Daisy claimed her daughter had been ill-treated by the prince since they were married in August last year and moved to Malaysia. She has sought the foreign ministry's help to contact her daughter after since being denied entry on March 19.

Foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said in Jakarta on Thursday that the Malaysian government had made a "positive gesture" in offering to facilitate a meeting between Daisy and the prince.

"What we are doing at the moment is trying to arrange for her to visit Malaysia," Faizasyah said. "Because it's a family affair, we hope they will try to solve the spat among themselves first."

A spokesman for the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Widyarka Ryananta, said that the Malaysian government had not yet responded to a request sent on April 17 for clarification about Daisy's entry ban. "We will help any Indonesian citizen having problems in Malaysia in any way we can," he said.

Dewi, Manohara's sister who accompanied Daisy to Kuala Lumpur, said her mother had never before had an issue entering Malaysia. She added that in March immigration officers also refused a doctor's statement which explained her mother wasn't fit to fly that day.

News about the dispute involving the royal family and the alleged domestic violence inflicted against Manohara has made headline news across Indonesian newspapers.

Daisy said the last time she communicated with Manohara was on March 21, when her daughter was crying and could not control herself.

"And we have not been able to contact her since. Whenever we call they refuse to allow Manohara to speak with me," she said.

Dewi said her sister was being abused by her husband, claiming that Manohara once told her that her husband was treating her "with no respect as a wife."