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Letters: Is Manohara her mother's puppet?
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 my growing doubts
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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 my growing doubts.
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 have 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 interview.
Please pardon me for thinking so, but is that the way someone who has suffered incessant sexual, mental and physical abuse really behaves? It does seem that, as well as this being a very cheap plot to gain public sympathy, Manohara's mother is also milking her daughter's numerous assets for all they're worth with this situation.
If that is indeed the case, I pity Manohara, the poor puppet, all the more.
Tami Koestomo
Bogor, West Java
