Teammates Fbz and Oli were also detained and questioned by the police.
Thai Dota 2 star 
Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon, who currently plays for 
Xipto Esports, has shared a staggering story about a police raid that targeted his team bootcamp.
In a post on Facebook (translated by Reddit user), 23savage claimed police officers came to the bootcamp after his team finished a training session. The officers confiscated their passports and mobile phones, disabled the internet connection, and shut down their computers. 23savage and his teammates 
Saieful “Fbz” Ilham and 
Chon Kien “Oli” Chan were then handcuffed before the officers interrogated them about their gaming careers for two hours.
The player had shown the officers his Instagram account, and one of them noticed well-known Malaysian adult model Ms. Puiyi in one of his photos. The officer had also heard of Dota 2 and recognised 
Fnatic. While this helped 23savage plead his case, he still had to prove that he was a professional player.
As absurd as it sounds, one of the officers uncuffed 23savage and let him play a game of Dota 2. After he won a game and scored 32 kills on Kez, the officers were finally convinced and released his teammates, having also taken two bottles of 23savage’s Nutella.
The sitcom-worthy ordeal ultimately worked out in their favour, allowing 23savage and the rest of Xipto Esports to continue training at their Malaysian bootcamp. It certainly marks an interesting start for the team, which formed just last month amid the new Dota 2 season.
Is the 23savage police raid story true?
23savage affirmed the story’s legitimacy, replying “this is true” in a comment under his original post. The player also shared the photo of him and Ms. Puiyi that was mentioned in the story, plus a screenshot of his Kez match.
Such an incident is not entirely implausible, either. Malaysian police have conducted raids on properties suspected of being used for online criminal activities, including investment scams and fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes.
It does not help that Dota 2 bootcamps, like other esports training facilities, often house numerous computers, laptops and other electronic devices, with people of different nationalities living and working under one roof.
Under a thread discussing the story, one Reddit user shared a similar experience involving a friend's game development office in Southeast Asia. They stated (polished for brevity):
“SEA police are very sensitive about a lot of PCs in a building. It gives scam vibes. Once my friend's office got raided, the police asked ‘How come you get paid playing game, how come there's a ping pong table..’ He was a game tester, it was a game developer office.”
Another comment read:
“Not surprised. There are too many online scammers that live in Malaysia working in apartments. They work in groups and live in apartments and scam people. Police will know by them ordering Grab food in bulk for many days and will throw away large amounts of utensils. People will report them and [police] will come and raid.”
