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EPG HOPES MANOHARA CASE NOT TO DISTURB RI-M'SIA RELATIONS
Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Eminent Persons Group (EPG) hopes the alleged domestic violence case involving Indonesian Manohara Odelia Pinot and her Malaysian prince husband, Tengku Muhammad Fakhri, will not disrupt relations between the two countries.
"Reports on Manohara's case in various mass and electronic media based on statements by Manohara's mother, Daisy Fajarina, will hopefully not disrupt relations between the Indonesian and Malaysian peoples," EPG spokesman Musni Umar said here on Wednesday.
Musni said the case was a personal problem which could be settled by Manohara and Fakhri families well through mediators.
"The case appeared because of a communication problem, misperceptions and lack of understanding on the systems applied by the two families," he said.
In line with Islamic teachings, he said, the two sides had to send peace makers (judges) to settle the case. "We hope the case would not disrupt harmony in the relationship between the people of the two countries," he said.
The director of citizen protection and legal entities of the Indonesian foreign ministry, Teguh Wardojo, earlier said that his office had asked its Malaysian counterpart to be cooperative in dealing with the case.
He admitted he had sent a letter to the Malaysian foreign ministry to ask for a moral responsibility of prince Fakhrin in connection with the case.
He said he had also asked the Indonesian embassy to conduct active communications with the Malaysian government with regard to it.
"We here are also conducting active communications with the Malaysian embassy," he said.
He said after receiving a report from the Manoharo family his office had asked prince Fakhri to give a report on Manohara's conditions to the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur or the Indonesian consulate in Penang to make the Manohara family calm and to not invite overly grudges against the Malaysian government.
He said the Indonesian government could not directly tackle the problem because Manohara was still the legitimat wife of prince Fakhri.
"It is impossible for us to pick her up. The case is not like cases of migrant workers in relation with their employers," he said.
State minister for empowerment of women's role Meutia Hatta partly blamed Manohara's parent who had married her to the prince while she was still under-aged.
"Parents must safeguard their children. If they are still too young do not marry them. Moreover they are not villagers but educated," she said.
"Reports on Manohara's case in various mass and electronic media based on statements by Manohara's mother, Daisy Fajarina, will hopefully not disrupt relations between the Indonesian and Malaysian peoples," EPG spokesman Musni Umar said here on Wednesday.
Musni said the case was a personal problem which could be settled by Manohara and Fakhri families well through mediators.
"The case appeared because of a communication problem, misperceptions and lack of understanding on the systems applied by the two families," he said.
In line with Islamic teachings, he said, the two sides had to send peace makers (judges) to settle the case. "We hope the case would not disrupt harmony in the relationship between the people of the two countries," he said.
The director of citizen protection and legal entities of the Indonesian foreign ministry, Teguh Wardojo, earlier said that his office had asked its Malaysian counterpart to be cooperative in dealing with the case.
He admitted he had sent a letter to the Malaysian foreign ministry to ask for a moral responsibility of prince Fakhrin in connection with the case.
He said he had also asked the Indonesian embassy to conduct active communications with the Malaysian government with regard to it.
"We here are also conducting active communications with the Malaysian embassy," he said.
He said after receiving a report from the Manoharo family his office had asked prince Fakhri to give a report on Manohara's conditions to the Indonesian embassy in Kuala Lumpur or the Indonesian consulate in Penang to make the Manohara family calm and to not invite overly grudges against the Malaysian government.
He said the Indonesian government could not directly tackle the problem because Manohara was still the legitimat wife of prince Fakhri.
"It is impossible for us to pick her up. The case is not like cases of migrant workers in relation with their employers," he said.
State minister for empowerment of women's role Meutia Hatta partly blamed Manohara's parent who had married her to the prince while she was still under-aged.
"Parents must safeguard their children. If they are still too young do not marry them. Moreover they are not villagers but educated," she said.
