Beerinthemorning wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 11:28 am https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh ... dmf10.html

Kampor was a former euthanasia hotspot until Western authorities closed it down...

Shut down by western authorities??? You think the local competent authorities were told what to do by other countries?

We have someone who sounds a bit nutty, named Jamie Johnston with The Shipping Forecast, saying he will get our website shut down with the help of Sony Music Entertainment if we don't remove the images of the shoe strings. I get that friends and family aren't particularly glad to see Matt King's death reported and commented on, but having a friend of the family going around threatening websites with closure is ridiculous.

Here are some of his emails to CEO:

In the interests of good taste could you please remove / delete / 
temporarily mute the forum thread about the arrest and sadly the death of 
Matthew Paul King. I ask you this politely on behalf of Mathews family and 
friends. These images (especially the photoshopped) images in the light of 
his death are very sensitive material. 

We accept that they may leak out by other means eventually but for now do 
the responsible thing and save his poor family further distress. It is 
within my power to prevent your website from being able to engage in any 
social media activities for some considerable. I would hope I wouldn’t have 
to use this and you would respect our wishes. 

I am sensible of the fact that the opinions and attitudes of the people 
posting on your forum are not your own as a consequence this is one thread 
in isolation. I would appreciate a speedy resolution tony request and let 
me know how you will disable this thread from comment, sharing and the 
removal of any images.





This is not intended as a threat so I apologise if you read it that way. Grief does strange things to people. I am suggesting a course of action that could be pursued if you weren’t to behave rationally and sensitively. This forum thread and images are easily searchable via any search engine currently. I am requesting politely that you take down / suspend whichever action is within your power as administrator to do with immediacy. If this is not in your power please put me in touch with the people that are able to sanction such a respectful course.


It would be overkill for Sony Music Entertainment and our legal representatives to get involved at this stage when you could so easily just take this forum thread down or suspend it for 90 days, or delete altogether, whichever you see fit frankly. As requested in my previous email I would appreciate a response with a suggested course of action.


If this story or thread is tweeted or shared via another social media outlet directly from your page you will find they are taken down due to the sensitive content fairly rapidly. All we are doing is protecting the interests of the family, friends and colleagues. I’m sure as a rational human being you will understand.





Thank you for communicating with me and doing what little is in your power to prevent your forum / news source being accused of insensitive and ghoulish behaviour across social media. I only have one further request and that is the images posted by CEOCambodiaNews on page 3 of the thread on your forum. 


The image of his shoelaces is the sort of content that gets websites and forums blocked or shut down. It may seem unnecessary and not insensitive but if a member of your family shot themselves and I shared an image of the smoking gun you might consider my actions somewhat insensitive to your human tragedy.


It’s not that loose an analogy is it?


Please remove those images from your forum and I will have no reason to attempt any further communication or action with you and your forum.





Now the Daily Mail has published from this morning other U.K. journalists will be snooping about your forum. Are you sure you want to be the source quoted for sharing ‘insensitive content’ online in such tragic circumstances . To those in the know a ‘spoiler’ might be perceived as a way on attracting attention to the hidden images. One last chance to remove them even if only temporarily to save family, friends further distress by these images being shared further and your site being the ‘morally complacent’ site who hosted them.


Can you answer me “what was the news source of the image”. If you share that information with me I will go away and cease bothering you.

He would do well on the admin team of the Kampot Notice board.