WESG Confirms Kuku Is Banned From China By Chongqing Municipal Committee

Two months after TNC Predator and Carlo “Kuku” Palad experienced the drama Chongqing Major, World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) just revealed that the ban on the player was actually issued by the Chongqing Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Security. .

Kuku was banned from the Chongqing Major in China after his discriminatory comments in a pub game in November 2018. At the time, several sources said that the local government was the party that put the ban on the player. However, a month later, Valve intervened and said “Kuku is not banned by the Chinese government”. Valve, which banned players from attending the Major in Chongqing, China, said the importance of taking responsibility for its actions.

“It seems that TNC was a negligent party in its actions, combined with the team’s cover-up, so we intervened directly and banned Kuku from attending the event. More specifically, TNC was not the victim of the incident. It is not acceptable to cover up, avoid responsibility or push it to the community”, Valve said and punished TNC: not only banned this player from the Major, but also penalized an additional 20% of the DPC points the team earned. be at that time.

it’s not a rumor, the municipal government met to discuss after anger and anger grew over what people in China felt was an inappropriate or delayed response and reported came to the organizer saying: “this event cannot have these two players”

— Jack Chen (@KBBQDotA) November 24, 2018

In mid-December 2018, TNC participated in the WESG Southeast Asia Qualifier, which is not part of Valve’s DPC, but has a total prize money of $890,000. The team won the qualifying round and is expected to travel to Chongqing again in the first week of March, the city hosting the tournament.

According to a source from Cybersport.ru, WESG announced the following:

“After asking the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Security in Chongqing. We regret to say that Kuku was not allowed to come to Chongqing for the WESG event due to a decision from the city committee.

As the organizer of the tournament, WESG will comply with the laws of the local government. This is the final decision.”

Currently, WESG has not commented further, as well as TNC Predator has not made an official announcement on this matter.

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