US Man, MATTHEW DAVID SAMPLE, in Major Meth Bust in Phnom Penh

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Re: US Man, MATTHEW DAVID SAMPLE, in Major Meth Bust in Phnom Penh

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siliconlife wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:12 am
lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:51 am
bossho wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:23 pm He's a reader and maybe a poster and he used to work with the General of our online life here. He s mostly good, has three lovely kids and an ex wife who is local. The tragedy of this is that he was committed to the kids and was wanting to provide for them. His friends and family abroad will do their best for the kids. Matt knows that. I guess he just was not able to muster an exit plan with the volatility of changes in the last 12 months. This is hard news for those kids but they have no doubts about their fathers love for them. Maybe he''ll catch a break.
I get you being empathetic, but so what if he has kids? Plenty of scumbag criminals love their kids, and no doubt their pet gerbils. This guy willingly got involved in a business that destroys lives and deserves no sympathy whatsoever. Make no excuses for him - whether out of necessity or pure greed he made a conscious choice to do the wrong thing, and I bet he wasn't thinking about his kids when he took the risk of getting caught, or he would have chosen a different path. His bad luck to get caught in a country where the penalties will be pretty bad for a young, healthy barang. So please, stick a bandaid on that bleeding heart.

BTW please note this is an attempt to get the subject back on track. Enough of these 440 / CEO childish antics, please.
Oooh Daddy's here, and he's got his proverbial belt out, rocking the unsympathetic racist look. Nice! :plus1:
A rather jejeune if not naive contribution to the discussion. I tend to keep my sympathies for the victims, not the perpetrators.
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Re: US Man, MATTHEW DAVID SAMPLE, in Major Meth Bust in Phnom Penh

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Alexandra wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:33 am
Anchor Moy wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:26 am Even amongst the lowest of the low, threatening someone's family (or condoning that) is just sick, as in psycho.
I agree, and I am distancing myself completely from the content of that screenshot. If somebody had sent that to me I would have reported it to the police immediately.

There have been no such threats made on Khmer440 and this is the first time that I have seen it. Usually GM contacts me to pull his name or some obviously made up bollocks. No such post has ever been made on Khmer440 under my watch and had it been done then the author of the threat would have been permanently banned immediately. I am however not able to police people based on what they say to each other on Messenger.

With that said I think that Gonk should contact the police. I don't understand why he hasn't when like he says this has been going on for years. Personally I would have reported it right away. I don't see why he wouldn't, especially when he knows who the sender is.

I am not laughing at threats, cheering it on or condoning it. I think the contents that screenshot is disgusting. If it was up to me it would be dealt with legally.
Alexandra, I feel like you are acting like, 'wow, this hasn't ever been an issue on TOF, as we would have taken it very seriously.' This has been going on for literally years, and as I said, all you guys do is delete it after a few days, rinse and repeat, again and again, with no effort to put an end to it on your forum.

You also say that you take all this very seriously and find no humor in it, yet Scobienz makes it clear that when I do reach out to you, you guys pass around my requests and have a good 'ol laugh. That's pretty low, and a complete 180 degree turn on how you now act as if you're horrified to hear anything about this.

And what makes you think I haven't reported these threats to the authorities? Unfortunately, it's not like you can make a report of harassment, threats of bodily harm, and death to you and your family, and the SWAT Team goes and makes an arrest, it's always complicated, especially when it's in different countries and involves different nationalities. I don't want to comment further on this, but I do hope to have an update at some point in the future.

Ironically, this 'he would have been permanently banned immediately' is the EXACT kind of language Migs used when I brought up the fact that your news guy (let's just call him Pedros) was actively harassing me by maliciously spreading completely made up pedo accusations, etc. He acted horrified and said he would permaban him immediately if I could prove it. A bit later, after getting solid proof I told Migs I was ready to meet and he turned around and actually said 'I never said I'd ban Pedros.' This is the game you guys have been playing, and it's disingenuous to act like now all of a sudden that I've brought it up publicly that you're horrified by it and would never allow anything like this to go on.

I know, and I think YOU know, this is Wayne making these threats.

Here's Wayne saying that he's not in fact a British fugitive wanted in the UK for violent crimes and telling me to 'accept the consequences' if I LEAVE the story up about him, and even saying he'll 'knock it off' if I take it down. Please note these are just veiled threats with his regular username, but it's pretty clear that this is the same stuff he's been threatening me with for years now.

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Note that 5 years ago 'John' sends a message to my brother saying he is 'passing on a message from Wayne Brewer.' And now today (5 years on) 'John' himself threatens 'I’m going to kill your brother.' It’s not that hard to connect the dots that 'John' is indeed Wayne, still making threats, and getting more serious, now threatening to cut off my mother’s fingers and actually kill me. These are the messages sent to my brother:

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Bottom line: I think you know 'John' is actually Wayne Brewer. If I knew someone was making serious threats of maiming and killing you or your family, regardless of where the threats were made, NO WAY would they be allowed to be a part of our community here, so I don’t understand how you can let this go on in yours.
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lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:59 am And I reserve the right to be as shitty as I feel like it - read the Human Rights Act, it's all in there.
“Not in breach of the human rights act” is a pretty damn low bar you’re setting for yourself.
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General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm And what makes you think I haven't reported these threats to the authorities? Unfortunately, it's not like you can make a report of harassment, threats of bodily harm, and death to you and your family, and the SWAT Team goes and makes an arrest, it's always complicated, especially when it's in different countries and involves different nationalities. I don't want to comment further on this, but I do hope to have an update at some point in the future.
So it is reported to the police, good. I hope that it is resolved fast and that you find justice. Feel free to lodge a complaint against Khmer440 or anybody else that you feel have wronged you. I am happy to appear as a witness or to be tried and held responsible for any wrongdoing that you would like to accuse me of. I do not believe that there is any wrongdoing on my part and I trust the judicial system to come to the same conclusion if given the opportunity.
General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm Here's Wayne saying that he's not in fact a British fugitive wanted in the UK for violent crimes and telling me to 'accept the consequences' if I LEAVE the story up about him, and even saying he'll 'knock it off' if I take it down.
General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm Note that 5 years ago 'John' sends a message
You have quoted a PM that you received on Khmer440 in February 2018 and you are quoting "John Smith" on Messenger from 5 years ago.

I bought Khmer440 in January 2020, almost 2 years after you received that PM and before I bought the site I was not involved in moderator decisions in any way. I believe Miguelito owned the site in 2018. I don't really remember, I think I was still a regular poster on CEO at the time. I can't speak for moderator decisions made by past owners 2 years before I became an owner of the site.

As for what happened on Messenger 5 years ago. I think it goes without saying but I'll say it anyway: I did not have anything to do with those messages in any shape or form and do not condone, encourage or laugh at them.

Private messages on the forum are accompanied by report icons. If you receive any such messages please use the report function to bring it to the attention of the moderator team, or if you feel that you can hold a normal conversation with me without yelling at me that I'm mentally ill and need to be medicated then you can reach out to me directly as well.
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Alexandra wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:11 pm
General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm And what makes you think I haven't reported these threats to the authorities? Unfortunately, it's not like you can make a report of harassment, threats of bodily harm, and death to you and your family, and the SWAT Team goes and makes an arrest, it's always complicated, especially when it's in different countries and involves different nationalities. I don't want to comment further on this, but I do hope to have an update at some point in the future.
So it is reported to the police, good. I hope that it is resolved fast and that you find justice. Feel free to lodge a complaint against Khmer440 or anybody else that you feel have wronged you. I am happy to appear as a witness or to be tried and held responsible for any wrongdoing that you would like to accuse me of. I do not believe that there is any wrongdoing on my part and I trust the judicial system to come to the same conclusion if given the opportunity.
General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm Here's Wayne saying that he's not in fact a British fugitive wanted in the UK for violent crimes and telling me to 'accept the consequences' if I LEAVE the story up about him, and even saying he'll 'knock it off' if I take it down.
General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm Note that 5 years ago 'John' sends a message
You have quoted a PM that you received on Khmer440 in February 2018 and you are quoting "John Smith" on Messenger from 5 years ago.

I bought Khmer440 in January 2020, almost 2 years after you received that PM and before I bought the site I was not involved in moderator decisions in any way. I believe Miguelito owned the site in 2018. I don't really remember, I think I was still a regular poster on CEO at the time. I can't speak for moderator decisions made by past owners 2 years before I became an owner of the site.

As for what happened on Messenger 5 years ago. I think it goes without saying but I'll say it anyway: I did not have anything to do with those messages in any shape or form and do not condone, encourage or laugh at them.

Private messages on the forum are accompanied by report icons. If you receive any such messages please use the report function to bring it to the attention of the moderator team, or if you feel that you can hold a normal conversation with me without yelling at me that I'm mentally ill and need to be medicated then you can reach out to me directly as well.
Can someone explain exactly what is going on here? Has this become a private forum for some keyboard warriors to wage their personal conflict? I thought we were discussing the arrest of a barang for drug offences? Have I stepped into an alternate universe? If you guys want to threaten each other with all sorts of childish nonsense, why not do it face to face, like adults, instead of this attention-grabbing crap on an open forum?
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I have reported the pair of you for straying off topic.

Your personal spat sounds like an episode over on TOF

Maybe you should get a little thread of your own and have it out in private.
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nerdlinger wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:28 pm
lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:59 am And I reserve the right to be as shitty as I feel like it - read the Human Rights Act, it's all in there.
“Not in breach of the human rights act” is a pretty damn low bar you’re setting for yourself.
As insults go, you are an amateur - I have been insulted by professionals. You merely amuse me.
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lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:23 pm
nerdlinger wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:28 pm
lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:59 am And I reserve the right to be as shitty as I feel like it - read the Human Rights Act, it's all in there.
“Not in breach of the human rights act” is a pretty damn low bar you’re setting for yourself.
As insults go, you are an amateur - I have been insulted by professionals. You merely amuse me.
Pot calling the kettle black?
lagrange wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:19 pmHas this become a private forum for some keyboard warriors to wage their personal conflict?
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Mmmh let's get to the bottom of it for some too poositive posters
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new ... r-13971122
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General Mackevili wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:12 pm Bottom line: I think you know 'John' is actually Wayne Brewer. If I knew someone was making serious threats of maiming and killing you or your family, regardless of where the threats were made, NO WAY would they be allowed to be a part of our community here, so I don’t understand how you can let this go on in yours.
Just read the story about the OFF incident. I wondered what you did to make him your arch-enemy and I know there are some drug informant stories, however, based on how upset he got over the mosquito repellant I am inclined to think he is simply a nutter rather than you doing something to him.

If he got into trouble over drugs, now he is going to get himself into trouble again over threats. If he's not even in Cambodia forget him, but if here I would pursue with police and the embassy.
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