The following is the response provided by Kit Hargreaves, the owner of the ilovekhmer.org website, in regards to the controversial policy posted by ilovekhmer website.
I included the sentence about being willing to remove the site upon government request for two reasons:
- The first is that I'm a British national. I set up the site, and have Khmer staff who are trying to get decent content to put on it. Given that this is not my country, while I'm willing to defend it, it's not my place to interfere with any ongoing government efforts to fix the situation.
- The second reason is that I'm very weary of the possibility of creating more friction, possibly resulting in violence. Therefore, if the government were to suggest that this could be a likely result of the site, I would remove it for the sake of both sides.
With regards to an accusation made on a previous comment here; I can't even vote, and am not affiliated with any political party.
To those who are dissapointed with the lack of content, I apologise, and would ask you to be patient while we get it all together. We are a small company with limited resources in the middle of a global recession, and this site is something that we're doing for free. Clearly this means that we also have to dedicate at least some of our time to our clients.
Thanks to all of our supporters, and whether you support www.ilovekhmer.org or not, I urge you to at least stand together as Cambodian citizens and support each other.
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KI-Media Note: According to The Phnom Penh Post, Kit is also the 23-year-old CEO of Arocore, a provider of digital solution for the Cambodian market.
I included the sentence about being willing to remove the site upon government request for two reasons:
- The first is that I'm a British national. I set up the site, and have Khmer staff who are trying to get decent content to put on it. Given that this is not my country, while I'm willing to defend it, it's not my place to interfere with any ongoing government efforts to fix the situation.
- The second reason is that I'm very weary of the possibility of creating more friction, possibly resulting in violence. Therefore, if the government were to suggest that this could be a likely result of the site, I would remove it for the sake of both sides.
With regards to an accusation made on a previous comment here; I can't even vote, and am not affiliated with any political party.
To those who are dissapointed with the lack of content, I apologise, and would ask you to be patient while we get it all together. We are a small company with limited resources in the middle of a global recession, and this site is something that we're doing for free. Clearly this means that we also have to dedicate at least some of our time to our clients.
Thanks to all of our supporters, and whether you support www.ilovekhmer.org or not, I urge you to at least stand together as Cambodian citizens and support each other.
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KI-Media Note: According to The Phnom Penh Post, Kit is also the 23-year-old CEO of Arocore, a provider of digital solution for the Cambodian market.
