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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Manohara Odelia Pinot - Once I was a princess

Somehow I am not so convinced of the story by Manohara Odelia Pinot, published in Malaysiakini today. Also, bear in mind that besides the two news articles carrying only her side of the story, they were written by an Indon journalist. Malaysiakini published them with permission from Jakarta Globe.


Besides, kaytee is one cynical bloke, Even though I am not particularly impressed by Malaysian royalty, or for that matter any royalty, I like to question the thus far one-sided stories wakakaka.

First of all, in Teen model claims she was raped during boat trip she said at the age of 14 she was raped by Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra. She related to the reporter:

“We were cruising from Singapore to Lombok, to Bali. In the boat, he just grabbed me. At the time I was just in the room, sitting there to wait for my mom. Basically, it just happened. But after that, I just kind of shut down. I didn't know what to think about myself.”

Well, it didn't matter whether it was consensual or not, because if it did happen, according to Malaysian civil law it would be statutory rape as she was allegedly only 14.

But what was the prince doing in her room?

Hey, where was her mum? Didn't she say "At the time I was just in the room, sitting there to wait for my mom"?

And why were they (sweetie + family & the Kelantan Tengku) travelling together on the boat?

Then reporter Armando Siahaan asked her: "If he raped you before you went to Malaysia, why did you accept his invitation"? [presumably to go to Malaysia]?

She replied: “Because, (a) I just didn't want to believe, so I just tried to completely block that out, and (b) after that he was really nice to me. He was extremely sweet and gentlemanl
y. I didn't know what happened, actually.”
Hmmm ...


In the other article, also by Armando Siahaan titled Manohara - up close and personal she was reported as saying:

“We went [to Malaysia] on Aug 17, 2008. [My sister, my mother and I] hung out for a couple days before meeting his parents. When we met the parents, [his] mom was like, "OK, I agree with you the wedding is on the 26th."

This was after the ‘rape’! And her family went all the way to Kelantan? And her mum and sister were with her!

And apparently, according to her own admission, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra’s mum said "OK, I agree with you the wedding is on the 26th."

Agree with you? What did this mean?

Perhaps journalist Armando Siahaan summarised the case best by his opening lines: “ … a 17-year-old girl who has travelled the world, married a prince and run away, and whose face is now famous across Indonesia. Her story is so extraordinary that it is hard to believe. Her fairytale-to-nightmare claims of a whirlwind marriage, kidnapping, abuse and escape have gripped the Indonesian public.”

Could it be she (and her family) were initially enamoured of her marriage to a prince (gasp) but subsequently things turned sour when this western cultured sweetie found herself like a caged bird, ...
... and that her expectation of the life of a Malaysian princess fell flat as the reality of her princess status proved to be far too boring and restrictive?

As people say, there are two sides to every story.

photos from Malaysiakini

10 comments:

  1. Simple!

    Professional mother and daughter gold digger squad. Happens in royal and super rich/billionaire/
    celebrity circles all over the world all the time.

    This is the 4th oldest profession in the world after prostitution, accountancy and priesthood!

    As to whether rape and/or statutory rape occurred, the only way we'll know for sure is if it goes to court and it's proven there or inexpliably, the royalty confesses (and that's as likely to happen as hell freezing ove).

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  2. johhny two shoes11:00 pm, June 16, 2009

    I didn't buy this story the first time I heard it.

    Also the 'drugs' that she was given? I have a strong suspicion it was nothing more than anti-depressants.

    Think about it - 16 year old socialite, party animal from the hippest party town in SE Asia (Jakarta, yes even more hip than Bangkok and Singapore) then goes to....Kota Bahru!!

    Hell, even I would be depressed and want out!

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  3. Anyway, the first person to blame is Mano's mother. How can she marry off her daughter who at that time, was only 16 ??? If not because of greed, what else ??

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  4. Lucky for her, it was a prince with only a fetish for slashing breasts with razors, and not blowing apart ex-galfriends with C4

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  5. Good Analysis !!

    I agree with donplaypuks®

    Professional mother and daughter gold digger squad. Happens in royal and super rich/billionaire/
    celebrity circles all over the world all the time.

    Super tag team in Women's World Wrestling Federation .

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  6. Instead of kissing a frog that turns into a charming prince, she kissed a prince who turns into a venomous frog. Any alimony payments from her ex-hubby?

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  7. Rape is rape .....even if she was asking for it.

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  8. at 14 years old, it's statutory rape, as I had mentioned

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  9. I don't think it was gold digging at all. Perhaps moral obligation since she was raped. It's not completely unheard of in certain parts of the world that the rape victims are married off to the rapist to help protect their family from shame.

    IMO she might have been raped, she might not have however I'm leaning closer towards her end of the story. Whether or not it was rape or consensual, she was still a minor at the time.

    Being drugged? I wouldn't be surprised if she was being given fertility drugs to help her conceive to fulfill her duty as wife and princess. So there's our double entendre: She's still quite young, a teenager at best dealing with rape, marriage (forced or otherwise), parenthood. All these are huge turning points in a person's life and she's forced to deal with it before she's even an adult.

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  10. I believe her too. Part of the problem is that most are not familiar with Psychopathy and the behavior of psychopath. Its clear this scum prince is a Psychopath. They engage in manipulative, crazy making behaviors of hot and cold - "after that he was really nice to me. He was extremely sweet and gentlemanly. I didn't know what happened, actually.” They view human beings as objects. This type of treatment is classic psychopath behavior. And he was what? 32? or a decade her senior? He's clearly preying on someone he thought he could control and own, someone young and naive. Why would a 14 year old teenager lie? And why would a 32 year old go after a teen? I believe the child. That's ridiculous!

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