23savage Proves Dota 2 Career To Malaysian Police With 32-Kill Match
A raid with no stated reason ended because an officer recognized a player by his Instagram photos, so the proof that mattered here was not paperwork but 32 kills in a pub match.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Dota 2 pro Nuengnara Teeramahanon, known as 23savage, said Malaysian police detained him and teammates Fbz and Oli on October 13, confiscated his phone and passport, and questioned him for two hours about whether he really plays esports. Given a chance to prove it, he picked Kez and put up 32 kills, 3 deaths and 10 assists in a 40-minute match. He and the others were released.
The detainment stretched past two hours of questions about what he did for a living. What shifted the room was a photo. One officer knew Dota 2 and the team Fnatic, and when 23savage opened his Instagram, the officer recognized a shot with influencer Siew Pui Yi, known as Ms. Puiyi.
Then came the match. Handcuffs off, Kez locked in, 32 kills in 40 minutes, more than 60% of his team's 52 kills. Police were convinced and released him. They also ate two boxes of his Nutella while he played. His post does not say why the raid happened.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.