The Real Lords in Malaysia

Wow, Look Who Are The Real Lords in Malaysia

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The 17-year-old French Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot and her Kelantanese royalty husband is having a rocky marriage. The royalty husband must have had a rocky relationship with his Indonesian mother-in-law too.

On the surface, it looks like any other troubled relationship. But here, the mother-in-law said she had been refused entry to Malaysia to see her daughter, who was crying and distraught when Manohara (right) last spoke to her Indonesian family by phone from Malaysia on March 21.

Another funny thing is that it takes the intervention of an Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia to find out how the daughter was coping.

Indonesia's ambassador to Malaysia, Da'i Bachtiar, said he had spoken to the royal household in Kelantan and received word that Manohara was fine.

But they refuse to allow her mother to visit and the Malaysian Foreign Ministry has not replied to further inquiries, he told AFP.

Now, the story gets more intriguing...

Apparently, the Malaysian Immigration Department has lifted its entry ban on Manohara's mother from entering the country.

The department's director Mahmood Adam told Malaysiakini today that the decision was made on Monday following an instruction from the Home Ministry.

I have several concerns which need to be addressed:

1) This appears to me like a domestic tiff. Why is the Malaysian Immigration Department involved? On what basis the mother-in-law was banned from entering Malaysia?

2) Who gave the instruction to the Malaysian Immigration Department to deny the entry of the Indonesian mother?

3) Is there an abuse of authority involved? Can a royal family instruct the immigration department to ban someone from entering the country?

I find this whole situation fishy and worrying. It sounds like we are a pseudo democracy. No wonder there is talk that someone's immigration record was deleted. It does not augur well for the country.

The Home Ministry must probe this matter. It is supposed to happen in a fourth world country, not a country aspires to become a first world nation.

Imigresen batal larangan ibu Mano ke M'sia
Jimadie Shah Othman malaysiakini
Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia telah menarik balik arahan yang melarang ibu Manohara Odelia Pinot, isteri kerabat Kelantan, daripada memasuki negara ini.

Dengan itu, Daisy Fajarina kini boleh masuk ke Malaysia untuk menemui anaknya di negara ini.

Ketua Pengarah Imigresen, Datuk Mahmood Adam (foto) berkata larangan terhadap Daisy Fajarina, ditarik balik berkuatkuasa Isnin lalu.

"Larangan itu telah ditarik balik. Kita telah maklumkan kepada pihak kedutaan.

"Dan kedutaan kita akan memaklumkan kepada pihak sana (Indonesia)," katanya ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini.

Sebelum ini, dalam satu sidang akhbar di Jakarta pada Isnin lalu, Daisy mendakwa beliau ditegah masuk ke negara ini pada 19 Mac lalu.

Daisy (foto) dilaporkan mendakwa, dimaklumkan oleh pegawai imigresen larangan itu dibuat atas permintaan istana Kelantan.

Menurut Mahmood lagi, penarikan balik larangan itu dibuat atas arahan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN).

"Kami (di) imigresen cuma menerima arahan sahaja. Jadi, Jabatan Imigresen (hanya) pelaksana.

"Yang buat arahannya (tarik balik) adalah dari Kementerian (Dalam Negeri)," katanya ketika ditanya alasan larangan itu ditarik balik.

Mahmood tidak mengulas lanjut apabila diminta mengenai punca larangan tersebut, kerana katanya, beliau sedang bermesyuarat.

Duta Indonesia pertikai

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, duta besar Indonesia ke Malaysia dilaporkan mempertikaikan larangan terhadap Daisy.

"Kita sudah menanyakan kepada keluarga kerajaan (istana) Kelantan. Saat ini kondisinya sehat-sehat saja, mereka sudah resmi dalam perkawinan.

"Tapi yang kita pertanyakan juga, kenapa ibu Manohara yang ingin bertemu dengan anaknya ditolak oleh mereka," Da'i Bachtiar dipetik berkata di Istana Merdeka, Jakarta hari ini.

Menurut laman web berita terkenal Detik.com, kedutaan republik itu sudah mengirim surat rasmi kepada Kementerian Luar Malaysia untuk meminta penjelasan tetapi setakat ini belum ada jawapan.

"Kerana masih beberapa hari (lalu) mengirimnya, belum ada jawaban," jelasnya lagi.

Da'i mengakui memang agak sukar mengembalikan Manohara Odelia ke Indonesia sebab bekas model muda itu berkahwin dengan kerabat tersebut.

Diminta mengulas isu penderaan, duta besar itu dipetik berkata:

"Itu kan masih informasi yang belum kita lihat secara langsung. Upaya yang kita lakukan, kita berkomunikasi dengan Sultan Kelantan, ya katanya kondisinya baik-baik saja."