Manohara Odelia Pinot

She’s an 17-year-old Indonesian-American model who got married to a Malaysian prince. The story should not be the headlines of many Indonesian newspapers had it been a Cinderella-like fairy tale. Now, the Malaysian prince has allegedly kidnapped his Indonesian wife. Here’s a report from the Jakarta Globe:

Daisy Fajarina, the mother of a missing 17-year-old Indonesian-American model married to a Malaysian prince, says her son-in-law’s family offered her a million-dollar apartment if she would cut all contact with her daughter, Manohara Odelia Pinot.

Speaking at a packed news conference at the National Commission on Violence Against Women, the distraught woman, who later fainted, repeated claims that her daughter was kidnapped by her husband and spirited away by private jet from Saudi Arabia on Feb. 26. She claims Malaysian authorities have stopped her visiting the country to check on her daughter’s condition.

Late on Thursday, the Web site Malaysiakini.com reported that this ban had been lifted. “The order has been rescinded. We have informed the Indonesian Embassy. Our embassy in Jakarta has also informed the authorities there,” an official told the site.

The alleged kidnapping occurred after the prince’s family, Manohara, her mother and sister went to Saudi Arabia for Islam’s minor pilgrimage, or umroh. As both families were preparing to return to Malaysia from Jeddah, Manohara’s relatives were left on the tarmac as the jet took off.
The case has threatened to become a diplomatic incident.

Photo: Manohara, the Malaysian prince and her mom (Picture source: berita8.com)

Manohara Odelia Pinot dan Pangeran Malaysia