Accusation Against Tevin Sithanen: The Reliability of Digital Evidence Dissected in Curepipe

The district court of Curepipe held extensive hearings yesterday, Wednesday, December 17, regarding the motion to dismiss the temporary accusation of violating the Information and Communication Technologies Act (ICTA) against Tevin Sithanen. At the heart of the discussions were the legal value of a foreign technical report, the absence of the original audio recording, and the fundamental question of whether there exists a reasonable suspicion justifying the prosecution.