TENOM: The police Forensic Unit has appointed an expert to review data obtained from LGMS Bhd and stored on a pen drive, a prosecution witness said in the sexual harassment trial involving preacher Ebit Erawan Ibrahim Lew, or Ebit Lew.
The 18th prosecution witness, police Investigating Officer Supt Noor Asyikin Shamsuri, 46, told the Tenom Magistrate’s Court that the expert was Insp Yip Chang Ching, a computer forensic analyst with the police and the eighth witness in the case.
Noor Asyikin said this while answering questions from Ebit Lew’s lawyer, Datuk Ram Singh, during cross-examination, before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani.
She added that she had also accessed the flash drive to transfer data from LGMS but did not review all its contents, noting that additional data could be obtained from Insp Yip if needed.
Noor Asyikin: In this case, the information sought includes any data, information, images or conversations of a sexual nature.
Ram: Do you agree that the police Forensic Unit could extract deleted messages from the complainant?
Noor Asyikin: Partially, yes.
Ebit Lew, 38, faces 11 charges of sexual harassment, including sending obscene images and messages via WhatsApp to a woman in her 40s between March and June last year.
He is charged under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both.
The trial, which began in September 2022, has heard testimony from 18 prosecution witnesses. Proceedings will resume on Nov 24 and 25. - Bernama
