'Manohara's mum on Interpol arrest list'

Manohara Odelia Pinot was taken from Singapore to Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Mano-hara Odelia Pinot drama has taken a new twist with a diplomat stating the mother, Daisy Fajarina, is on the Interpol wanted list.

Brata Mandala, a senior police liaison officer with the Indonesian embassy here, said this could be the reason Daisy was denied entry into Malaysia.

His comments reported by Indonesia's respected website detik.com yesterday were, however, immediately challenged by Daisy's lawyer who argued that she would have been arrested in Indonesia or Singapore if she were on the list.

Daisy had tried to enter Malaysia on March 19 but was denied entry at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

She later claimed this was on "instructions" because Manohara was being held against her will by her husband, Kelantan prince Tengku Mu-hammad Fakhry Petra.
, 17-year-old former model, has claimed she made a dramatic dash to freedom from Tengku Fakhry last Sunday during the royal family's trip to Singapore to visit the sick Kelantan sultan.

Brata later confirmed with NST that Daisy was on the French Interpol wanted list for commercial crime but her lawyer could not search or find her name because it was under "local area network" jurisdiction, and only accessible to Interpol or police.

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."

Brata said he first learnt about Daisy after he received a call on March 15 from Indonesian police to help her lodge a report with the Malaysian police on her daughter's alleged abuse by her husband.

On March 19, Daisy called him to say she had been arrested at the KLIA.

Brata said a senior liaison officer with the French police, who is also with Interpol, had later asked him, during a forum in Jakarta, whether Daisy could be arrested and sent to France.

"But I refused. This was to protect Daisy because I did not want to hand her to foreigners," he said, adding that Indonesia and France did not have a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.

The Indonesian press has gone to town with the Manohara case, with claims of sexual, physical and emotional abuse of the former teen model, who has been married to the Kelantan prince for only about a year.

Her account has, however, been challenged by several people claiming to be friends of Tengku Fakhry.

On Wednesday, the Kelantan palace issued a statement distancing itself from these men, saying that their statements were made in their personal capacity (NST)

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Manohara's escape gets all attention

Manohara Odelia Pinot is kissed by her mother on arrival at their Jakarta home on Sunday. — AFP picture

TEENAGE US-Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot was on the front pages of almost all the local newspapers yesterday.

The 17-year-old wife of Kelantan prince Tengku Temenggong Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, who reportedly escaped from her husband in Singapore and returned to Jakarta, had also made the top news of the 10 private TV stations, detailing how she had been physically and sexually abused by her husband.

The nation was riveted by the beauty's account of how she ran away from her husband while in a hotel in Singapore with the help of the Singapore police, the US and Indonesian embassies.

The drama unfolded on Saturday when her mother, Daisy Fajarina, came to Singapore in an attempt to take her home.

According to Manohara, when the Kelantan royal family found out her mother was coming, they decided to shorten their trip there.
The royal family was in Singapore to visit the sultan of Kelantan, who was undergoing medical treatment.

Manohara alleged that members of the royal family also tried to lock her in a room in the hotel to prevent her from seeing her mother.

"But I kept on pressing the emergency bell of the hotel lift until the Singapore police came to my help," Manohara said in an interview with Global TV.

"The police said they could not hold me against my will as it was a violation of my rights," Manohara added in the interview, in which she spoke in English and Indonesian.

The police took Manohara to a room and her mother arrived shortly afterwards. Both mother and daughter flew back to Jakarta early on Sunday morning and held a press conference several hours later.

During the press conference, Manohara could be seen crying several times as she replied to reporters' questions.

"I was treated like a toy," Manohara reportedly said.

She also claimed her husband once slashed her on her chest with a razor.

"I have taken photos (of myself) with my Blackberry. My Blackberry has no SIM card but I can still take pictures.

"I don't love him any more. I want a divorce," she told Global TV.

Manohara also claimed she was injected with tranquillisers several times when she protested against the way she was treated.

Manohara said she would be undergoing a medical check-up before deciding her next course of action.

Indonesia's Foreign Ministry confirmed the US and Indonesian embassies were involved in helping Manohara return to Jakarta.

"She (Manohara) is eligible for help from the US government because she has US citizenship," said a Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Meanwhile, the Comptroller of the Kelantan Royal Household, Datuk Abdul Hamid Hamad, refused to comment, saying he had not been instructed to issue any statement on the matter. (NST)

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