| Indonesian Teen Model Escapes From Malaysian Prince |
| Written by Our Correspondent | |
| Monday, 01 June 2009 | |
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After a dramatic escape from her Malaysian prince husband over the weekend, 17-year-old Indonesian-American model Manohara Odelia Pinot said she had been abused, tortured and subjected to sexual abuse in the prince's Kelantan redoubt, and that neither the Malaysian or Indonesian authorities bothered to help her. Accompanied by her mother, Manohara told a packed press conference that she had escaped from the Royal Plaza Hotel in Singapore after she and her 31-year-old husband, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry had accompanied Fakhry's father, Sultan Ismail Petra Shah II, to Singapore after the latter had a heart attack. Her escape to Indonesia, she said, was through the assistance of the United States and Indonesian Embassies in Singapore as well as the Singapore police. "Their guards tried to catch me but they were afraid of having their action recorded by the escalator's camera that would leave their tracks, so they let me go," she said when asked how she could escape from the supervision of the Kelantan Sultan's guards.
After her arrival in Jakarta, Manohara and her mother, Daisy Fajarina, took to Indonesian television to tell a horrific tale of intimidation and torture including having her breasts sliced with a razor, forced drug injections and other abuse. The local media had a field day, running the press conference continually throughout Sunday. The media circus, however, didn't make it to Malaysia, where the story was studiously ignored by the mainstream press, which is controlled by the major political parties of the national coalition. The independent website Malaysiakini ran the story, carefully noting claims that Fajarina had attempted to extort RM600,000 from the prince.
A spokesman denied the story of Manohara's escape, saying Prince Fakhry had decided to divorce her. For her part, Manohara on Monday threatened to sue the prince. The refusal of the Malaysian immigration department to allow the two into the country again raises questions of the disappearance of the immigration records of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu and her two companions after she was murdered in 2006 by two of Najib's bodyguards. It is also the latest blow to the credibility of Malaysia's sultans, who have been the subject of years of reports of abuse of the public purse and refusal to accept accountability. Many have been repeatedly accused of demanding that the states they rule pay huge gambling debts run up in casinos in London. At one point in the 1980s, the Sultan of Johor was accused of beating a golf caddy to death with a golf club. He was also not brought to justice for shooting a trespasser on his property. Then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad accused the sultans, among other things, of giving away parts of the country to the British, oppressing the people, breaking civil and criminal laws, misusing the money and property of the government and pressuring government officials. , asking in 1993 that the body strip them of their immunity before the law. Mahathir used the incident in a parliamentary move to limit the sultans' prerogatives It also poses problems for the United Malays National Organisation, which over the last six months has tied itself closely to the sultans. In a squabble over the dissolution of the legislature on the state of Perak, UMNO has made criticism of the sultans a bone of contention with the opposition, accusing them in effect of insulting the ethnic Malays' birthright, with UMNO membhers filing more than 100 police complaints against an opposition lawyer who filed suit against the Sultan of Perak. The sordid revelations now attached to the Kelantan royal house make it difficult to justify the sultans' immunity from criticism. Manohara, in her press conference, called attention to other 'Manoharas' who got 'locked up' in Malaysia,presumably by other royal families.
"Sexual abuse and sexual harassment were like a daily routine for me, and he did that every time I did not want to have sexual intercourse," she said. "I could never think a normal man could do such things."
"Every time I went out for events, they forced me to smile and would torture me if I did not do what they said," she said. She said she had tried to escape, but was caught by royal family staff and injected with drugs that made her vomit blood. "I was injected twice," she said.
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 written by Claudie , April 26, 2010
Wow, That's Terrible. How could something like this happen, Thank The Stars I live in amercia...
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written by Mamakthir , June 08, 2009
For a commoner whether Malaysian or foreigner alike to become a Malaysian Puteri, be prepare to live in a glided cage and to satisfy the lusts and or perversions of your new master. There is no escape from the clutch but Be prepare to be put to pasture if the master loses interests as well.
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written by Dynas Tee , June 05, 2009
Malaysians are generated brought up in racist and segregated societies. So in this environment, we can expect more of these escapades because Malaysian politics are always spiced by Money and Sex. Sodomy charges are being thrown around at opposition. We have seen sex romps and naked politicians on the internet. Mongolian model got blown up in very questionable circumstances.
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written by Mamakthir , June 05, 2009
Malaysians tend to treat their Indonesian cousins in sub-human terms like labourers, maids or sex slaves.
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written by Mamakthir , June 04, 2009
We are quite proud of our rapists be it carried out by criminal gangs, employers or our Royalties.
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written by Mamakthir , June 04, 2009
The royalty have been stripped of their immunity. So nowaday, they are more inclined to interfere in politics and sadist activities.
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written by Rosmah , June 04, 2009
She is lucky to escape the fate of the Mongolian Model. We would probably have her blown up to smitterens by Najib bodyguards.
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written by Racist Joe , June 04, 2009
The BN stay in power by the "divide and rule" strategy. SO they train all Malaysians to be racists. And of course the hatred are eventually directed to the foreigners too. Malaysia is a country full of racists!
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written by Ah Chong & Ali , June 04, 2009
Yeah, you know those RELA fellas are quite dirty. Why do you think those fellas "volunteer" to be RELA officers? For RM30 per day of "work"???? These fellas blackmail the foreign workers. They take money from them in return for not harassing them. They take money from employers in returning for "closing one eye", or maybe "closing two eyes". They harass muslim couples for khalwat, and ask for bribes and sexual favours in return for letting them go. They take pictures of private parts of the women when they arrest them. RELA should be disbanded. The head honcho in charge will defend them by saying it is not fair to brand all RELA fellas as dirty just because of a few rotten apples. But actually most of them are rotten apples, and maybe only a few good ones before they too are eventually corrupted by their dirty colleagues.
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written by marteens , June 03, 2009
i think u guys will love to read these: posted in citizen blog, star online malaysia
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1....... There is slavery going on in this country.The plantations, food caterers and restaurants to name a few employ foreign workers and get away without paying wages or paying a pittance. Where are the enforcement people. Enforcement Officers should come out of their cozy aircond offices, walk into most mamak/indian restaurants and car wash outlets and talk to the workers.3 out of 10 you will find workers working under slavery conditions. The Government is paying these officers decent wages and yet shamelessly these guys accept free meals and some small change in exchange for lapses in discharging their duties. How else do you explain the existence of slaves in Malaysia.It is a pity Ministers do not read blogs. Ignorance is bliss. 2....Foreign workers should tatoo on thir arm their Nationalisty and Passport number for all to see so that even if their employers hold their passports they have prove of possession of such passports and documents and RELA and Policemen would not harass them! I really pity these immigrant workers! They are hear to earn a decent living. They give us decent services, yet we treat them like 'slaves'! You people send your children overseas, if they are treated like you treat our immigrant workers and students, would you like it? This Sungai Siput man must be shamed. Publish his name and picture for all to see once he is convicted! SEX MANIAC.. Nice comments from good malaysian citizens......even students are treated like slaves, looked down upon and treated with contempt, may be somebody needs to remind some people that we are in the 21st century and not stone age report abuse
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written by marteens , June 03, 2009
Its sad, malaysians have turned indonesians to their slave girls, even indonesian workers in malaysia are subjected to sexual harassment by their employers..they are taking advantage of indo girls in malaysia and exploiting their condition. the latest were 2 police men who raped an indo teenage girl and an employer who only pays 3 indo girls monthly salaries after sleeping with them... Malaysia has become a country of criminals for criminals......May God help us
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written by Ah Too , June 03, 2009
Here you have two little kiddos, and the girl is underaged...who got married. A textbook disaster marriage case. They should still be in school playing marbles.
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written by Lim Peh , June 03, 2009
manohara, You said he used a razor to cut your tits. Please prove it by showing it. Take a picture, post it on you tube or gutteruncensored.com so that the whole world knows you are telling the truth.
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written by B.A , June 03, 2009
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!
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You know, you can be from ANY religion and be f**ked in the head! report abuse
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written by B.A , June 03, 2009
He got his kids and raised them well, and she got her moolah (money) out of her book.
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and when the children were 18, they were allowed to visit their mom. again, about the sex maniac accusation, please do your RESEARCH and get your FACTS right. report abuse
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written by B.A , June 03, 2009
well at least it'll be one decent Muslim burial.
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written by Ah Lian , June 03, 2009
News of Manohara had surfaced for quite some time.
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a) Why didn't the Indonesian embassy investigate the plight of its citizen? Why didn't the Indonesian embassy make a police report and demand to have access to Manohara. And if the embassy had tried, but was denied access, then why didn't they make it known publicly? b) Why didn't the Malaysian government & police investigate the "abduction" or "kidnapping" claim made by Manohara's mother? c) Who ordered the immigration dept to denie Manohara's entry into Malaysia? Who in the immigration dept took the order to deny Manohara's mother access into Malaysia? d) How is it that a 16 or 17 year old girl was allowed to be married ? She was underage. Isn't that considered rape? So who legalized the marriage? Which imam or whoever guy from the mosque gave the religious blessing for the marriage? This affair puts another black mark on the records of the Malaysian government. There is no rule of law anymore in Malaysia. report abuse
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written by Ah Kow , June 03, 2009
Ok you Singaporeans, be happy that you are all living in a country with real rule of law! So stop bitching about how bad things are in Singapore. It is a damn good place where things work the way thay are supposed to work.
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written by edd , June 03, 2009
we only heard one side of the story.. lets hear the other one
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written by Velu , June 02, 2009
"Once I was a Princess (Pan Macmillan, 1995)"
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written by Velu , June 02, 2009
These so-called royalty families are supposedly upholders of the Islamic faith but they really a shame to themselves, country and religion. Living on taxpayers' monies and behaving like thugs - pirates!
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Remember the Trengganu Prince who was also a sex maniac. His escaped wife Jacqueline Gillespie who later remarrried in Australia told it all in a book. Read it. Read more: http://www.monstersandcritics....HFcRX3OO&B report abuse
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written by Li , June 02, 2009
You cant even afford to die in malasia. The mullahs there will claim that you have converted into islam and will take your body for a muslim burial.
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written by goldenscreen , June 01, 2009
Sultan,
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Then The Fakhry also stupid to marry her isn't it? And that does not give him the right to beat, kidnap and rape people nor for anyone to justify the palace's role as well as the cover-up mounted by the Malaysian federal government UMNO. No wonder the dumb guy lost his Porsche Cayenne! And thank you to Tun Mahathir for stripping the ruler's immunity. See you in jail soon, Fakhry! report abuse
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written by Sir Walter Raleigh , June 01, 2009
I see my fellow scumbags, captain morgan and captain blackbeard , have made significant progress in recruiting pirates for our future campaign. I am a slightly different pirate, in that I have a title before my name. I am a titled pirate - better class - but still a pirate at heart. There are other similarly titled pirates in S.E.A. These titled pirates are the worst of the lot. They claim to be 'wholesome', the type you would be proud to be associated with, but in realty they are among the worst of our lot. They intimidate the judges and police, they bully the population and get away with cheating, murder etc. you name it, they have done it. I had dinner with the richest man in the world, and he is residing in this region. I tell you, he is the greatest of all. I hate to be his enemy. Fortunately he is only a "village champion". In England I would put him in my pocket. I, like my fellow pirates, am thrilled to be in this region. Soon, I will choreograph the greatest pirate show on earth. Just wait and see.
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written by V for Vendetta , June 01, 2009
She was kidnapped and Malaysia is a country ruled by corrupt and evil people like the royals and UMNO. Down with racial discrimination and ISA!
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written by Vellu , June 01, 2009
What do you expect from descendants of pirates' chieftians? Bapa borek anak nya rintek.
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