TENOM: A well-known independent preacher Ebit Irawan Ibrahim Lew, better known as Ebit Lew is leaving it to the court process in connection with the 11 charges that he is facing related to sexual harassment.

He said he would face the charges calmly and considered it a test from Allah.

"I leave it to the lawyer and will undergo this court process calmly, I pray that Allah will provide His Blessing to all... I will go through this process," he told reporters here today.

Ebit Irawan, 38, pleaded not guilty today to charges of sending obscene pictures and words with the intention of insulting a person's modesty through a Whatsapp application in the Tenom district between March and June last year.

The court set bail at RM1,000 for each charge with two sureties and set April 20 for mention.

-- BERNAMA