Sexual harassment trial: Witness rejected Ebit Lew's video call


TENOM: The ninth prosecution witness in Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew’s sexual harassment trial told the Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday that she rejected his video calls and only answered normal calls.

Deputy public prosecutor Nor Azizah Mohamad had asked the witness, who is also the case complainant, to explain the meaning of ‘call biasa boleh, video call tidak boleh’ (normal calls are fine, but not video calls) that appeared in the screenshot of a Whatsapp conversation between the witness and the preacher.

"I meant I wanted a normal call, not a video call... I don’t want (a video call),” she said, adding that she did not want Ebit Lew to see her without wearing her hijab.

The witness was visibly upset at certain moments as she explained over 200 texts from 436 screenshots of conversations taken from the witness’ mobile phone.

Ebit Lew, 38, is facing 11 charges, including outraging the modesty of the complainant by sending lewd words and photos to the woman on Whatsapp from March to June 2021.

The trial is being held in front of Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani and if found guilty under Section 509 of the Penal Code with intention to insult the modesty of the accused can face a maximum of five years in jail or fine or both.

The trial continues on Thursday (Feb 15). - Bernama

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