Beijing police are investigating after an obsessed fan broke into the hotel room of the current world No 1 table tennis player, Fan Zhendong, and reportedly stole his underwear.
Fan said in a post on Weibo that a woman stalking him for several days broke into his hotel room several times on the morning of April 6 after obtaining a key card from the hotel reception. He said that hotel cleaning staff who were witnesses to the incident and surveillance cameras could prove the woman entered his room, the Beijing News reported.
Fan is currently ranked as the top player for men’s singles globally by the International Table Tennis Federation and is the leading player in China, where he is a major celebrity, reported SCMP.
“I’ve been calling on my fans multiple times to be rational, to keep their distance from me and to boycott fandom culture,” Fan said in the post. “This intrusive incident has harmed me a lot. To guarantee my personal safety, I have decided to halt my interactions with individual fans, including accepting the delivery of fan mail.
