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Thu, Apr 23, 2009
The Star/Asia News Network
M'sian royalty allegedly kidnapped top model
KELANTAN, Malaysia - A member of the Kelantan royalty has hit the news in Indonesia for allegedly kidnapping and torturing his model wife, reported Kosmo!
Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, from Indonesia was said to have been tortured by her husband, 31, including suffering cuts on her chest.
She had married him in a rushed wedding on Aug 26 last year.
A report by the Indonesian daily Surya said a local online news portal carried the story quoting an inside source from the palace, who notified Manohara's mother.
The mother claimed that Manohara was taken by force in a private jet from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last month after completing the umrah.
Mother Daisy Fajarina, 44, told Surya newspaper in Surabaya: "My child has been tortured, her chest has been cut with a razor. This is what people in the palace who were sympathetic with our plight have told me."
In a report, Tempo newspaper said that in an email secretly sent by Ms Manohara, she recounted how she was sexually abused by her husband. "I had to obey him for my own safety," she said.
Surya reported that the model's whereabouts were unknown.
» Is Malaysia's royalty above the law?
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
The Star/Asia News Network
M'sian royalty allegedly kidnapped top model
KELANTAN, Malaysia - A member of the Kelantan royalty has hit the news in Indonesia for allegedly kidnapping and torturing his model wife, reported Kosmo!
Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, from Indonesia was said to have been tortured by her husband, 31, including suffering cuts on her chest.
She had married him in a rushed wedding on Aug 26 last year.
A report by the Indonesian daily Surya said a local online news portal carried the story quoting an inside source from the palace, who notified Manohara's mother.
The mother claimed that Manohara was taken by force in a private jet from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last month after completing the umrah.
Mother Daisy Fajarina, 44, told Surya newspaper in Surabaya: "My child has been tortured, her chest has been cut with a razor. This is what people in the palace who were sympathetic with our plight have told me."
In a report, Tempo newspaper said that in an email secretly sent by Ms Manohara, she recounted how she was sexually abused by her husband. "I had to obey him for my own safety," she said.
Surya reported that the model's whereabouts were unknown.
» Is Malaysia's royalty above the law?
