The Saga of Manohara

Interesting developments lately for the Sultanate of Kelantan.

First it was the heart operation for the Sultan and then his aftercare in Singapore.

But who would believe, the movement of relatives of the Sultan to visit him in Singapore can spark off an untoward incident between the Sultan's son and the daughter-in-law.

In a lift at a hotel, the daughter-in-law refused to get out of the lift and alerted Singapore and Indonesian authorities that finally saw her whisked away to Indonesia with her sister and mother.

The sorry tale of sexual torture that surfaced was to sour further Malaysian-Indonesian relations brought earlier on by the naval stand-off in disputed waters.

Monohara Odelia Pinot,the beautiful Indonesian socialite, one of the 100 treasures of Indonesia, was fascinated by the attention of a Malaysian prince who married her at 16 years old. The fairy tale romance turned into a stormy affair which lasted only a year.

Let us see how the story will unfold.