KOTA KINABALU, April 30 (Bernama) -- The Magistrate’s Court in Tenom has set today for the decision on the prosecution case against preacher Ebit Irawan Lew, who faces 11 charges of sexual harassment.
His lawyer Datuk Ram Singh confirmed the matter to Bernama.
“The court will deliver its decision at 4.30 pm today,” he said.
The trial, before Magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani, began in September 2022 and has heard testimony from 18 prosecution witnesses.
Deputy public prosecutors Nor Azizah Mohamad, Analia Kamaruddin and Muhammad Hidayat Wahab acted for the prosecution, while Lew is also represented by Kamarudin Mohmad Chinki and Prabjit Singh Gill.
Ebit Lew, 38, is accused of sending obscene images and messages via WhatsApp to a woman in her 40s between March and June 2021, in conduct said to have outraged her modesty.
He is charged under Section 509 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
-- BERNAMA
