Police senior audio-video analyst Latifah Abdul Aziz, 43, the seventh prosecution witness, said any messages deleted in the WhatsApp application could not be recovered.

She said this when questioned by deputy public prosecutor Nor Azizah Mohamad.

Nor Azizah: Can you explain why you agreed with the question posed by (lawyer) Ram Singh suggesting that there might be messages that had possibly been deleted?

Latifah: Please refer to the screenshot dated Aug 7, 2021, showing the conversation content from the WhatsApp application. I acknowledge the possibility of deleted messages, but I cannot verify.

The witness said, based on the screenshot, so-called deleted messages were visible in the conversation content, suggesting a potential deletion, but it could not be confirmed.

Ebit, 38, faces 11 charges, including outraging the modesty of a woman by sending obscene words and images to her phone through WhatsApp between March and June 2021.

The charges under Section 509 of the Penal Code provide a prison sentence of up to five years, a fine or both if convicted.

The trial before magistrate Nur Asyraf Zolhani continues tomorrow.