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Monday 20 July 2009

Kelantan prince sues wife, mum-in-law for RM105m

The Star (Used by permission)

KUALA LUMPUR: Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra was granted a leave application to commence legal proceedings against his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother Daisy Fajarina for alleged defamation.

He is suing them for RM105mil.

High Court Senior Registrar Safarudin Tambi granted the leave application in his chambers at 11:15am Monday.

The Kelantan prince filed the leave application earlier Monday.

Manohara and Daisy Fajarina have 21 days to file their statement of defence over the RM105mil suit.

On July 5, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry had filed two separate summonses against Manohara at the Syariah High Court in Kota Baru, demanding the return of a nearly RM1mil loan and that she be loyal to him.

The Kelantan prince filed the first summons with the Syariah High Court seeking the return of RM972,750 borrowed by his Manohara and her mother Daisy Farajina.

In his affidavit, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry claimed that before their marriage, Manohara and her mother had borrowed money from him totalling RM338,500 including RM174,000 to buy a Swiss-made Audemars Piguet watch.

He also claimed that before their marriage on Aug 26, last year, both the mother and daughter had borrowed RM634,250 and that it was understood that the sum should be repaid.

He said to date, the loan had not been settled and sought the court to issue an order for Manohara to pay the sum borrowed with costs and other reliefs deemed fit by the court.

The summons for Manohara, who carries the title Cik Puan Temenggong, to be loyal was filed at the Syariah Lower Court as she has yet to return to him although an ultimatum for her to do so has been issued.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said Manohara’s action had tarnished his name and the Kelantan Royal Palace. He claimed that he had issued an ultimatum to Manohara on June 26, through the local media, to return to his side by July 2 and carry out her responsibility as a wife under the Syariah laws.

He asked the court to issue an order for her to be loyal or deemed to be nusyuz (recalcitrant).

The Syariah Court set Aug 2 for mention of both the cases.

Manohara, 17, a former Indonesian teen model, fled from her husband on May 31 when they were in Singapore to visit his father, the Sultan of Kelantan, who was being treated at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital for a heart ailment.

She returned to Jakarta after accusing the 31-year-old prince of abusing her physically and sexually.

A medical examination in Jakarta allegedly stated she was repeatedly slashed with sharp objects on her chest and had been burnt with a cigar on her forehead.

Manohara had previously said she wanted to divorce her husband. Tengku Muhammad Fakhry lodged a police report on June 11 against her allegations.

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