Thai Dota 2 pro Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon has recently shared a bizarre firsthand experience of a surprise visit from Kuala Lumpur police detectives at his team’s bootcamp house.
According to the Xipto Esports player, police detectives came into the house, restrained him with handcuffs, and questioned him for hours until he proved who he was, which he did by winning a match in front of them. The post, published on 13 October via his official Facebook account, has gone viral in only a few hours, garnering around 9,000 reactions and 1,400 shares.
23savage Drops 32 Kills as Kez in Front of Malaysian Police
In his post, 23savage says that the team had just finished practice and was relaxing on their phones when a group of detectives entered the house. They collected passports and phones and shut down the internet and the computers.
He was then handcuffed together with Saieful “Fbz” Ilham and Chon Kien “Oli” Chan, and they were held for about two hours. During that time, the detectives asked what they did for a living and whether they were genuinely professional gamers.
The mood shifted when one detective, wearing a France football shirt with Olise’s number 11, said he knew Dota and had heard of Fnatic. 23savage showed him his Instagram account, and the officer recognised Ms. Puiyi, a Malaysian media personality, in his photos. That helped convince the detectives that he was a genuine competitor and a public figure.
With tension then easing, 23savage asked how much longer it would take, since he needed to prepare for matches. The detectives took off his handcuffs, though only his, and invited him to prove his skills in a live game. Playing Kez while an officer watched, he finished the match after dropping a whopping 32 kills. This was enough to convince the detectives, and 23savage was allowed to go back to playing.
The story ended on a light note. By his account, the detective helped himself to two boxes of 23savage’s Nutella. He wrote that, despite the ordeal, he considers it a good experience.
