This afternoon, Suning released a clip from a stream on May 27, 2020, featuring marksman Huanfeng and announced the penalty for him. Specifically, in the clip, Huanfeng made unprofessional remarks related to match-fixing and betting on the outcomes of League of Legends matches:
The conversation between Huanfeng and Angel went as follows:
Huanfeng: If I were paid to “act” in the game, I wouldn’t be a professional gamer.
Angel: So what do you want to do?
Huanfeng: Match-fixing, is that reasonable?
Angel: Not at all!
Huanfeng: Match-fixing pays 15,000 USD (about 100,000 RMB ~ 346 million VND) per match.
Angel: That’s not reasonable at all, because you can only fix one match (before getting caught).
Huanfeng: One time? You could continuously fix matches.
Angel: Definitely not allowed!
Huanfeng: I, Tang Huanfeng, am not held back by anything.
Angel: Be careful with your words or you’ll run into trouble.
Huanfeng: Seems like I shouldn’t say such things.
According to fans, at the end of May 2020, there were many rumors regarding match-fixing in LDL and LPL, so Huanfeng brought this issue up while talking with Angel, resulting in his inappropriate remarks and subsequent punishment.
As for the penalty, Huanfeng will have his entire prize money from the 2020 LPL Spring season deducted. Additionally, at the current time, major regions like LCK and LPL are very tense due to match-fixing issues, so this incident involving Huanfeng will certainly impact his image as well as that of Suning.