Tokyogurl and Cheerio, accused of esports match-fixing at the 2025 SEA Games, have now spoken to police for the first time about the case.
On 13 February 2026, Tokyogurl, a female player on Thailand's national RoV team, was suspected of using a stand-in during competition to boost her reputation, as well as attempting to fix matches at the 2025 SEA Games.
Earlier, Cheerio, also known as Kong, a male RoV player linked as the stand-in, publicly admitted the truth. On 2 January 2026, he posted on his personal TikTok account confirming his involvement in using a third party to play on his behalf, as the rumors suggested, and officially apologized to society.
However, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Crime Suppression Division announced results from the "Ghost Buster Operation to Crack Down on SEA Games Impersonators," having searched and charged both suspects with esports match-fixing at the 2025 SEA Games. They face charges of "collaborating to unlawfully access and disclose computer systems protected by special access measures, causing potential harm, and unlawfully accessing protected computer data not intended for them."
Tokyogurl told police, "I looked first to see which way the camera was panning, since the camera was in front of me."
When police asked, "So when the camera panned away, you switched?"
She replied, "Yes, I just placed [the phones] down temporarily (two phones stacked)."
Police further asked, "You stacked them, then plugged in and switched. What happened next? What did the main official’s phone do? Where was it kept after being disconnected?"
Tokyogurl took one phone and hid it under the table, clamping it beneath her leg, and used the other phone instead.
Police questioned Cheerio separately, who answered, "Since the qualifiers, I have been playing for her. We practiced through Discord, screen-sharing for her. I got the ID on 14th [January], earlier than others. I logged in first because if I didn't, she would change the password and I wouldn’t be able to access it. On the day of the match against Vietnam, the game was on. Against Timor, she wanted to play herself. On the 15th, I logged in and shared the screen. The device had some issues; the team came to check. They said someone logged in, so she changed the password. When accessing the game page and sharing screen, I got kicked out. She played herself then. Around 5 p.m., she got the new password. I asked if I should wait to log in, so I waited as told, shared screen, waited for the room number to be created. I was on Discord but waited too long, and she left Discord. I thought she might get caught, so I exited the game and Discord because if I didn’t, it would cause overlapping issues and ID problems. So I let her continue playing. I think she got caught, so she played all matches herself."
"I have been with her a long time. When I moved to live alone, I basically helped boost her rank. She assigned me the work; she owns the page. When I had family issues and had to live alone, needing money, she took care of me from a distance. When I moved, she helped buy things for my room, and helped with room rent and food costs when I had none. My savings were running out. She started TikTok from my gameplay, helped create the profile, and supported me, so I kept playing for her."
"I want to apologize to the association, the organizers, and society. Please forgive me. I will not do this again."
The Central Investigation Bureau also clarified that representing Thailand’s national team is a great honor and should not be tarnished by sacrificing national reputation for personal gain.