‘I beg you to respect me’: Fan reportedly steals underwear of world No 1 table tennis player from hotel room in China as he begs for rational behaviour


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. — SCMP

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.

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