Ebit Lew, using specialised software. ???The deleted messages could not be retrieved from any of the numbers. If WhatsApp messages have been deleted, they cannot be recovered due to the current limitations of available technology,??? he explained in response to a question from deputy public prosecutor Rasyidah Murni Adzmi. He explained that the analysis was carried out on three numbers following a request from investigating officer DSP Noor Asyikin Shamsuri, who sought to trace deleted conversations within the WhatsApp application. In his written statement, Mohd Zabri, who confirmed the digital forensic report for the case, said the examination was confined to the complainant???s mobile phone, as Ebit Lew???s device did not have the WhatsApp application installed. He added that only the volume of phone conversations conducted via WhatsApp could be detected from the complainant???s device, which contained records of communication and interaction history with the preacher. Lew, 39, faces 11 charges, including outraging the modesty of a woman in her 40s by sending obscenities to her phone via WhatsApp between March and June 2021. He is charged under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine, or both upon conviction. The trial before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani resumes on March 11.

atau panggilan melalui WhatsApp. "Untuk log panggilan keluar masuk, ia adalah panggilan daripada telefon secara terus," katanya ketika menjawab pemeriksaan utama yang dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Rasyidah Murni Adzmi di Mahkamah Majistret Tenom, di sini pada Rabu. Bagaimanapun beliau memberitahu mahkamah bahawa tiada sebarang rekod sekiranya panggilan log keluar dan masuk dilakukan melalui panggilan daripada aplikasi WhatsApp. "Untuk objektif ini, saya hanya memeriksa log panggilan daripada telefon sahaja. Kerana saya hanya berdasarkan permohonan yang telah direkodkan dalam 'Service Request Form' (SRF)," jelasnya. Diminta menjelaskan lebih lanjut, beliau memaklumkan pihak CyberSecurity Malaysia tidak boleh mengesan jika terdapat panggilan melalui aplikasi WhatsApp yang telah dipadam. Ebit Lew atau nama sebenarnya Ebit Irawan Ibrahim, 39, berhadapan dengan 11 pertuduhan membuat hantaran gambar dan perkataan lucah bermaksud mengaibkan kehormatan mangsa melalui aplikasi WhatsApp antara Mac hingga Jun 2021 mengikut Seksyen 509 Kanun Keseksaan. Perbicaraan dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Nor Azizah Mohamad dan Rasyidah Murni, manakala Ebit Lew diwakili oleh Datuk Ram Singh, Nizam Salleh Keruak, Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki dan Timothy Daut dan Majistret ialah Nur Asyraf Zolhani.