Chinese commentator Searph claims top team "is under investigation by ESIC for suspected match-fixing"

Chinese commentator Yunqing "Searph" Hu, a well-known in the Chinese community who has casted a number of Majors, has claimed on Chinese social media platform billibili that a well-known top-30 team is being investigated by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) for matchfixing in ESL Pro League.

The full-quote machine translated by Google reads:

"A team ranked within the top 30 in VRS is under investigation by ESIC for suspected match-fixing in a match in EPL 2024. ESIC internally stated that the investigation may last for several weeks, and the organizer of the next competition for this team said that they have learned about the ongoing investigation and are ready to prepare a plan for the team to be banned at any time."

Searph did not specify which team is the subject of the investigation, but that the organizer of the "next competition" is ready to apply ESIC's ban at any given moment.

Dust2.us reached out to ESIC for comment on Searph's statement on bilibili, not hearing back ahead of publication.