Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak dodged questions about the alleged abduction of a young model by a Malaysian royalty as he met Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta today.
Reporters covering the press conference after the leaders met at the presidential palace were refused permission to ask about the case of 17-year-old French Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot.
As they fielded approved questions about closer bilateral relations and economic cooperation, Manohara's mother held an emotional press conference of her own to plead with Najib for help in finding her socialite daughter.
Manohara married last year to a 32-year-old member of Kelantan royal family.
Her mother, Daisy Fajarina, said her daughter had suffered "emotional and physical abuse" at the hands of her husband, who was holding her against her will in Malaysia.
"As the new prime minister of Malaysia, I urge Najib to investigate to defend our rights and the truth," Fajarina told reporters at the offices of the national human rights commission.
"I just want my daughter to be set free... As a mother, I have a right to see my daughter."
She 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.
"I was already in the airport but immigration officials told me that I was strictly forbidden to enter Malaysian territory," she said, referring to an incident on March 19.
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