Manohara Odelia Pinot Confirmed That She Was Abused at Press Conference in Jakarta

Abused and tortured. That was what claimed by the young Indonesian model after she escaped from the grasp of Kelantan’s Royal Family. On Sunday, 31 May 2009 Manohara escaped Kelantan Sultan’s authority in Singapore and returned to Indonesia with her mother. Manohara and Kelantan royal family were in Singapore to accompany Sultan of Kelantan as he sought medical treatment there. Daisy Fajarina was in Singapore to meet her daughter, and Manohara called her to tell her the name of hotel where she was staying. When Manohara try to escape the hotel, Kelantan bodyguards attempted to stop her on 3rd floor where the Sultan was staying. In distress, Manohara pressed the elevator emergency button to attract the attention of hotel security and the local authorities. Noticing the CCTV (security cameras) in the elevator and the hotel corridor, Kelantan bodyguards withheld the use of force to retain Manohara in the evelvator. Manohara tried to contact the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore for help, but was refused because there were no Indonesian embassy officials present on a Sunday. As her father is a US citizen, she then attempted to contact US Embassy instead and was successful in procuring their immediate assistance. Her mother was able to follow the commotion in the hotel and find her daughter on the third floor of the hotel. Under diplomatic protection, Manohara reached Changi Airport and finally succeeded in returning to Indonesia with her mother. At a TV press conference on the 31 of May 2009, Manohara confirmed her mother’s allegations that her husband, Tengku Fakhry, had abused her both emotionally and physically, and stated that she would not return to Kelantan, also expressing her willingness to file for divorce from Tengku Fakhry. Manohara was only 16 at the time of her wedding and her American father, Reiner Pinot Noack, was said to have disapproved of the marriage. The seemingly blissful life of a Malaysian princess soon became a living hell, Manohara said, as she was constantly guarded and spent most of her time in her bedroom in the palace. The teenager whose fairy-tale wedding impressed the Indonesian public said she would be tortured  if she did not appear to be happy when she attended social functions with Fakhry