{"id":2932,"date":"2021-04-14T12:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T04:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:11:40","slug":"defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"WHATSAPP MESSAGES \u2013 ADMISSIBILITY AS EVIDENCE IN THE COURT OF LAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Is record of WhatsApp conversations admissible in court?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WhatsApp messages are direct evidence.<\/li>\n<li>As long as the WhatsApp messages are relevant, they are admissible to prove the existence of facts.<\/li>\n<li>WhatsApp messages are relevant to support the existence of any oral conversation or evidence between the individuals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Can I use my WhatsApp messages with third party as evidence when the third party could no longer be located and cannot be called as witness?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong>Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your WhatsApp messages with the third party is admissible under section 73A(2) Evidence Act 1950 (\u201c<strong>EA 1950<\/strong>\u201d) because the third party cannot be located without undue delay or expense.<\/li>\n<li>However, you have to show that the third party is impossible to be found. The court has the discretion to admit the evidence according to the individual facts of the case.<\/li>\n<li>We are of the view that WhatsApp conversation in its original form is unlikely to be tempered and is reliable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Our views:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can be sued for anything said in WhatsApp as they are written records of your conversation.<\/li>\n<li>You have to be discreet with posting of messages or pictures in a group chat. Avoid posting defamatory statements or pictures.<\/li>\n<li>You should always confirm the authenticity and accuracy of the original messages before forwarding the same to other individuals or group chat.<\/li>\n<li>Anything you post or said in your WhatsApp chats can be used against you in court of law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Can you be sued for posting defamatory statements or pictures in a WhatsApp chat?&#8221;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1780,1779,1561],"tags":[1781,1783,1782],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defamation","category-evidence","category-tort","tag-defamatory","tag-sued","tag-whatsapp-chats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2934,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions\/2934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}