Ebit Lew
TENOM (Nov 4): The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) 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, PDRM Investigating Officer Supt Noor Asyikin Shamsuri, 46, told the Tenom Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday that the expert was Inspector 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 PDRM Forensic Unit could extract deleted messages from the complainant?
Noor Asyikin: Partially, yes.
On Monday, Noor Asyikin told the Magistrate’s Court that Lew, managed his own Instagram account.
She said that it was based on analysis conducted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
Based on the commission’s reply letter, the Instagram account in Lew’s name was managed or supervised by an individual named Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, she said, adding that there was information about the accused, including a profile photo of him in a red robe, attached, while Google searches revealed the name of a company, Transform Training & Consultancy, believed to be related to the case.
“In addition, the MCMC report also showed Lew’s official Facebook page, which has the same phone number (with the search result),” she said.
Noor Asyikin said the analysis report was received when the police submitted a request to the MCMC for an analysis of the accused’s social media accounts and phone numbers.
During the cross examination by Ram Singh, she also denied the existence of communication between the complainant and the accused on Instagram since 2018 because investigations showed that the complainant communicated with Lew using WhatsApp.
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
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