Authorities closed Thursday the main road to the General Elections Commission (KPU) office on Jl. Imam Bonjol amid the vote counting of the July 8 presidential election.
Dozens of police officers were posted at both end of Jl. Imam Bonjol, forcing all guests to walk along the road to reach the KPU office, Kompas.com reported.
The heightened security measure is taken because the vote counting process will finish either today or Friday.
The KPU has said it would announce the result of the presidential election on July 25.
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Indonesian model success to escaped from ''abused'' Malaysian Prince
Indonesian Model Manohara Odelia Pinot after waiting for more than two months, in the end is a successfully to escaped from her Malaysian Prince husband Tengku Temenggong Muhammad Fakhry, and arrived in Jakarta, Sunday, May 31, 2009.
She has a change to escaped from her husband when Manohara and her husband Tengku Fakhry went to visit his Royal family who has hospitalized in Singapore hospitals. Daisy Fajarina, Manohara mothers who get the info from Manohara on Saturaday, May 30, 2009, that she and her husband had a plan to visit Singapore, immediately rush to fly to Singapore to pick her doughtier two days a go.
When Manohara know that her Mother arrived in her Hotel, She went immediately to see her Mother in the hotel lobby. But, when Manohara enter to the elevator, the Tengku Fakhry bodyguard try to stop and follow the Manohara. In the level of three inside the elevator, the Tengku bodyguard had tried to hold Manohara, but She knock the elevator bell, and a view second later, Hotel body guard, local police, and Indonesian diplomat base in Singapore rush to save Manohara, and bring Manohara out of Hotel to her Mother Hotel. Manohara and her Mother Daisy Fajarina and Manohara older sister went to fly to Indonesia, and arrived in Jakarta, Sunday, May 31, 2009.
''The Royal family and my husband treated me like a toys. He did not love me like a wife. Some times he bite me. When I went out to attend any ceremonial occasion, I must show my face to smile, if he know that I am not smile, he hit me,'' said Manohara. Manohara’s mother, Daisy Fajarina, in many occasion in Jakarta said that her daughter Manohara Odelia Pinot has being abused and other harrashment from her husband Tengku Temenggong Muhammad Fakhry in Malaysia.
Daisy said, the Malaysian royalty had forcefully taken her daughter away in a private jet from Saudi Arabia, where the family had gone to perform the umrah (pilgrimage) three months ago. Fajarina added that She had also tried to come to Malaysia to track down her daughter but alleged that she was denied entry at the “request of the Kelantan palace.
Daisy, who claims to have evidence of her daughter being abused, had also sought the help of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. “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,” Daisy said. Malaysian Prince Muhammad Fakhry (The Tengku Temenggong) married pretty Indonesian girl, Manohara on August 26, 2008.
Before the marriage, on New Year’s Eve of December 2007, Muhammad Fakhry had forcefully raped her. The marriage took place in August 2008. This marriage, in the opinion of The Mighty Pen, was forced upon Muhammad Fakhry, who earlier consented only to an informal marriage called ‘nikah siri’. This is the standard practice of Muslim men wanting to marry more than one wife (or even for first timers), not wanting to attract too much publicity. Or you may want to call it a ‘secret marriage’. This is quite common in Indonesia. Many wealthy Malaysians keep mistresses in Bandung, Surabaya, etc under this secret marriage practice, without the knowledge of their wives in Malaysia.
In 2008, the young Manohara Pinot, mix Indonesian and French, adopted two children - one with special needs - to be taken care of at her house. She calls Cannes her home and Jakarta her ‘new’ home but ended up in Kelantan as the wife of a prince who is said to be keeping her locked in the palace.
One story goes that she was involved with the Kelantan Prince at the age of 15 and was promised to be married to the prince who kept his promise last year when Manohara reached the age of 16.5. It is also said that she wanted to be involved with the son of the Bakri family but had found out that the boy in question was involved with an Indonesian actress. This made her return to Kelantan where she got married and is said to have been living a sad life. It is also said that she was introduced to the prince during a party where Najib Tun Razak was present. In December 2006, Daisy and Manohara were invited to attend a dinner with the then Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and this was where the model had met her husband. The invitation was made through a close friend.
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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 to provide assistance,” he said.
