The World On My Fingers

The Indonesian government is ready to facilitate if Manohara Odelia Pinot, an Indonesian who became daughter-in-law of the Klantan Sultan and managed to escape to Indonesia, decides to use the legal channels to solve her case.

“If Manohara takes her case to the court, we will assist her,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tengku Faizasyah said here on Sunday.

He said that if Manohara`s case was taken to court it would of course have to be registered with the Malaysian court, and therefore the foreign ministry would provide diplomatic channel facility to assist her.

The foreign ministry spokesman said the Manohara`s case was a family affair. If she wanted to file a lawsuit against domestic violence she should have evidence.

He said that Manohara had not yet contacted the foreign ministry. “I heard Manohara will come to the foreign ministry but I have not received any confirmation about it,” he said.

Manohara, who married the Klantan Sultan`s son, has in recent days been widely reported in the Indonesian media that she was being `locked up` by her husband and was not allowed to meet her mother in Indonesia.

Manohara said her escape to Indonesia was thanks to the assistance of the United States Embassy and the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore as well as the Singapore police so that she was able to sneak out from the Royal Hotel, where the Sultan`s family was staying during a visit to Singapore.

“Their guards tried to find and catch me but they were afraid of having their actions recorded by the escalator`s camera that would leave their tracks so they let me go,” she said when asked how she managed to avoid the Klantan Sultan guards.

At that time she said several doctors from the Sultan palace still tried but failed to inject her with tranquilizers.

The daughter-in-law of Klantan Sultan, Manohara Odelia Pinot, who has managed to escape and return to Indonesia, promised on Sunday to help other `Manoharas` who got `locked up` in neighboring Malaysia.

“Mano wants to assist other `Manos` in Malaysia,” Manohara told reporters here on Sunday. Manohara who married the Klantan Sultan`s son, has in recent days been widely reported in the Indonesian media that she was being `locked up` by her husband prince and was not allowed to meet her mother in Indonesia.

She said that she was very disappointed with the Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia who, she said, did not offer his full assistance. “They basically did not perform their duties,” she said.

Previously, Manohara said her escape to Indonesia was thanks to the assistance of the United States Embassy and the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore as well as the Singapore police so that she was able to escape from Singapore`s Royal Hotel, where the Sultan`s family was staying during a visit to Singapore.

“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 the Klantan Sultan guards.

At that time she said several doctors from the Sultan palace still tried but failed to inject her with tranquilizers.

Asked about what she was going to do following her escape from the Sultan supervision, she said that she would first discuss the matter with her lawyers. “We will discuss first what steps we are going to take,” she said.

Manohara, who said she was still willing to return to her previous modeling profession, said she hoped that her husband would no not do the same thing to other women.

In the meantime, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tengku Faizasyah said the Indonesian government was ready to facilitate through diplomatic channels if Manohara officially made such request.

“If Manohara takes this case to a court of law, we are ready