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Bellalabelaaaa
Profile Joined June 2025
3 Posts
June 03 2025 18:09 GMT
#1
Former Chinese SC2 pro player Jim admitting participated in match fixing and firefly wad involved, details (including transaction histor) are in the following post on scboy forum, you might need a account to access it.

https://www.scboy.cc/?thread-746249.htm
Optimus Prime2
Profile Joined May 2025
4 Posts
June 03 2025 18:43 GMT
#2
can you add screenshots of it? with maybe translation?
jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1404 Posts
June 03 2025 19:06 GMT
#3
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33291 Posts
June 03 2025 19:51 GMT
#4
You can read the main post body below—machine translate is good enough to give you a rough outline of the accusations. The OP has screenshots + various evidence. It's unfolding in real time in the Chinese scene, so hopefully people from the community can give us more detailed info and updates.

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大家好,我是jim,我以后也不会参加星际2比赛游戏了,发这个贴告个别。我首先自爆,我打过假赛,我是赌狗,我欠了很多人钱至今都没有还,打了十几年星际争霸2职业,我真正意义打上职业只有最初的4年里,拿了很多国内比赛冠军和一些外战的4强成绩,当我2014遇到雷锋以后就被他教会了赌劝了赌到后面一直没有怎么训练,也没有心思放到星际上面,也导致我后面成绩一落千丈被IA time 反超,甚至虚空之遗邀请赛我1盘没练就去参赛,很对不起91和小色当时的栽培,我知道这一切也算是我咎由自取活该的下场,因为放在当时如果我继续保持训练在国内我没有竞争对手,我的韩服排名让我非常有自信对抗每一名国内玩家,如果没有去接触赌博,我的人生一定会非常好,2014年初遇见雷锋,,然后我的人生就发生了翻天覆地的变化,不仅输光了所有家产和父母的钱还问了很多亲朋好友借钱,并且现在还欠了很多人钱,我很对不起那些曾经帮助过我的人,哎,说了这么多,开始说到正事,最早我是去年3月份回来玩星际争霸2的,刚好4月份初有海选我去参加了并且出线到正赛,在我刚回来打的时候,我每天一上线夜蝶就找我练习并且交流我认为我们是很好的朋友,到了亚预赛的时候第一场我和夜蝶相遇,我给他播去了语音,我低下头来问他,我愿意输掉比赛放我一小分还能还他前年借我的3000块钱,然后并且说还能分到他假赛的钱,他很乐意的接受了,比赛第一把根据剧本我赢下了比赛,赛后我很开心的把钱给了他,他也很开心的接受了钱,再到第二场,我没有开过口找他放那时候他打XY,他自己和我说,打xy不能搞,怕不小心打死xy,我也就没有多说什么,我那时候没有逼着你。那时候你可以不再合作我也不会找你,但是之后是你主动找的我,导致我不得不开始问别人借钱给你操作,第三场开始你2:0你有3条命你找到我,说今天打lemon可不可以操作,我说可以,但是我没跟你说完其实我是被黑了不少钱,因为当时不说被黑钱是怕以后失去你不能继续赚钱,然后来到第四场你打咖啡,这场假赛赚了钱给了你一共3万多,,说到去年10月份我曝光夜蝶,是因为他一直不愿意把那一万元亏损的钱给我,导致我被不少人追债以及生活不能自理,并且我去年给了他好几个月的时间,他依旧爱答不理,并且到最后还没有把钱给我,看见他被俱乐部开除了,我于心不忍觉得都很难我就没有打算曝光他假赛证据也没继续找他要这个钱,直到今年,我看见他进到ewc,我试着去找他要回这笔亏损钱,他仍旧不谈不理拉黑我,接到去年的话题,现在我也不要这笔钱了,但是星际2比赛你就不要去参加了,如果现在的比赛能容忍假赛选手参赛我也没话说,再说说夜蝶为什么欠我这笔亏损钱。至始至终所有钱假赛获利的钱都是我给的你,并且没有让你承担任何风险,无论是我被网站黑掉钱,还是你拼自己赢输掉比赛不给我钱,我都承担了,还有一件事原因追溯到去年4月20几号一场比赛 夜蝶打nanami 夜蝶信心满满的和我说我随便赢,然后我下了很多他赢,作为保底他得输第一把,这样能赚到钱并且能很好控住盘,结果网站退了第一盘的钱,最后结果他1:3输了,总盘输掉的钱是实在的,那时候我不但没找他要钱,并且还给了他一笔钱,大家可以看得到日期,那时候我没问你要钱还给你钱你不要觉得是我占了你便宜想讨好你,是我不想失去你这个朋友想的是以后还能一起赚钱,再到7月初石油杯全球赛的预选赛的时候,第一天你打rnk赔率非常不好赚不到钱,但是你很强进入了第二天的比赛,对阵bunny,这回我个人希望你能好好比赛,在赢几轮就能拿到保底奖金十几万,可是你跟我说没把握的比赛不想好好打,然后操作完以后我给了你钱,,再到了7月底的时候我去找你我i有需求希望你战队赛能放,因为你们战队已经出不了线了,我想赚点钱回血,但是你因为这是国内转播最好的比赛你高高在上拒绝我,狠狠的2:0赢了YoungYakov所以我开始与你翻脸,你只愿意还我4万多。并且你总要和我说我是借你钱给我钱是可怜我并且说我在威胁敲诈勒索你,那么我前面给你转钱时你没有给过我一分钱,从来是我借钱给你操作完事后还要乖乖给你一笔钱,并且我下你输给lemon的比赛时还被网站黑了不少钱。我只想拿回我的损失,在你身上的损失,本来你把钱还我 我就不会粘着你发邮件无线被你拉黑,你要做的这么绝,我也把事情做绝,并且退役不会再参加任何的比赛,并且曝光这件事情,最后希望大家能远离赌博的朋友,远离那些沾了赌的朋友,你们借钱给他实际是害了他,你们看似帮了他其实是让他走向深渊,至少我是这样走过来的,也千万别和沾了赌的朋友他们有经济来往,我的经历已经非常悲惨了,如果我不碰赌我会过得非常好,最后说一下夜蝶你在我最危难最绝望的时候还要这样对我,尤其知道我是个赌狗并且非常缺钱的情况下,已经非常惨了还不给我留活路,不肯把这个1万块钱给我,我只能这样爆了你,不为别的只想出口恶气,不想看到假赛选手出国比赛。我没想到的是你还能理直气壮的打比赛也不来找我谈也不承认欠我钱我但凡你愿意来找我,我也能和你商量,你真是头倔驴。希望论坛的各位朋友能帮忙转发ewc赛事方能给予处理,至于你一直想报警说我威胁你 敲诈勒索你,请随意。我对不起很多很多人那些曾经看得起我,给我帮助的人,但是唯独你夜蝶我很对得起你,是你高高在上并且赖着这一万死活不肯给我,哪怕和我谈一下都有余地。今天我没底线做出这种事情已经考虑后果了,我也没什么可以失去的了,命一条,你想报警我威胁你我敲诈勒索你请你马上去报警拿出证据。我也把我的身份证现住址可以提供给你。请你马上去做!以下证据没整理顺序,但是都是实打实的。如果我有诽谤你薛涛夜蝶,我愿意承担任何法律责任。


AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
dedede
Profile Joined March 2024
United States36 Posts
June 03 2025 20:10 GMT
#5
Shit Jim was the best foreigner in WOL. Sad to see all these.
Terran
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland24749 Posts
June 03 2025 21:01 GMT
#6
Well this doesn’t sound good…
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veniss
Profile Joined August 2018
74 Posts
June 03 2025 21:49 GMT
#7
This is bad news especially since Firefly just earned an EWC spot.
luxon
Profile Joined August 2012
United States111 Posts
June 03 2025 22:50 GMT
#8
lmao first macsed, now jim and firefly. a great look for china and their scene.
dedede
Profile Joined March 2024
United States36 Posts
June 03 2025 23:41 GMT
#9
I recalled some Jimcredible moments in WCS AM. This really sucks, sad to see those young kids get easily influenced and dragged into gambling.
Terran
Brutaxilos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2624 Posts
June 04 2025 00:51 GMT
#10
On June 04 2025 08:41 dedede wrote:
I recalled some Jimcredible moments in WCS AM. This really sucks, sad to see those young kids get easily influenced and dragged into gambling.

Dude, Jim is 29, hardly a kid.
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Phattyasmo
Profile Joined October 2011
United States68 Posts
June 04 2025 00:57 GMT
#11
There's literally a clip of JimRising asking about bots. It was in Spanish. I wish I could post it/find it.
dedede
Profile Joined March 2024
United States36 Posts
June 04 2025 01:03 GMT
#12
On June 04 2025 09:51 Brutaxilos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2025 08:41 dedede wrote:
I recalled some Jimcredible moments in WCS AM. This really sucks, sad to see those young kids get easily influenced and dragged into gambling.

Dude, Jim is 29, hardly a kid.


When he got into gambling it was 10 years ago so he was 18 or something.
Terran
Bellalabelaaaa
Profile Joined June 2025
3 Posts
June 04 2025 01:47 GMT
#13
On June 04 2025 07:50 luxon wrote:
lmao first macsed, now jim and firefly. a great look for china and their scene.


There is no evidence that macsed was involved any match fixing activities.
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2715 Posts
June 04 2025 01:58 GMT
#14
Damn this is so sad. I was a big fan of Jim's run in 2013 and 2014. He almost beat Soulkey 3-2 at WCG 2013 and won against Life, Taeja, and San at IEM Shenzhen 2014 to get top 4.
very illegal and very uncool
deepseer
Profile Joined August 2015
29 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-06-04 02:20:03
June 04 2025 02:00 GMT
#15
Someone summarized the situations of all the Chinese players that were active during LotV and mentioned in this post.

Cloudy: clean
MacSed: no confirmed violations
Time/Oliveira: no game-related violations (verbal attacks on BreakingGG online do not count)
Toodming: no confirmed game-related violations, besides posting comments in support of a smurfer and attacking the victim in a minor match
iAsonu, XY: ladder boosting before WCS 2014
Cyan, Jieshi: ladder boosting before WCS 2019
Coffee: "170610" event (TL post: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/523751-7-chinese-players-banned-match-fixing-and-smurfing )
BreakingGG: "170610", and verbal attacks on Time online
Punk, Silky (not the Silky from America): "170610"
Xigua: run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Jim: match-fixing, run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Firefly: too many to list
dedede
Profile Joined March 2024
United States36 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-06-04 02:18:59
June 04 2025 02:14 GMT
#16
On June 04 2025 11:00 deepseer wrote:
Someone summarized the situations of all the Chinese players that were active during LotV and mentioned in this post.

MacSed, Cloudy: clean
Time/Oliveira: no game-related violations (verbal attacks on BreakingGG online do not count)
Toodming: no confirmed game-related violations (only rumours), besides posting comments in support of a smurfer and attacking the victim in a minor match
iAsounu, XY: ladder boosting before WCS 2014
Cyan, Jieshi: ladder boosting before WCS 2019
Coffee: "170610" event (TL post: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/523751-7-chinese-players-banned-match-fixing-and-smurfing )
BreakingGG: "170610", and verbal attacks on Time online
Punk, Silky (not the Silky from America): "170610"
Xigua: run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Jim: match-fixing, run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Firefly: too many to list


Didn't Time verbally attack the Korean community in the past? https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/541176-times-controversial-comments agreed that these aren't game-related violations but they are still worth mentioning.
And about Macsed I have a vague memory of him being caught up in a match-fixing scandal but I don't think they ever had real proof https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/544064-suspicious-betting-odds-changes-at-wesg-2018

Damn, it seems like there is a lot of drama over there.
Terran
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10111 Posts
June 04 2025 03:17 GMT
#17
On June 04 2025 11:14 dedede wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2025 11:00 deepseer wrote:
Someone summarized the situations of all the Chinese players that were active during LotV and mentioned in this post.

MacSed, Cloudy: clean
Time/Oliveira: no game-related violations (verbal attacks on BreakingGG online do not count)
Toodming: no confirmed game-related violations (only rumours), besides posting comments in support of a smurfer and attacking the victim in a minor match
iAsounu, XY: ladder boosting before WCS 2014
Cyan, Jieshi: ladder boosting before WCS 2019
Coffee: "170610" event (TL post: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/523751-7-chinese-players-banned-match-fixing-and-smurfing )
BreakingGG: "170610", and verbal attacks on Time online
Punk, Silky (not the Silky from America): "170610"
Xigua: run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Jim: match-fixing, run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Firefly: too many to list


Didn't Time verbally attack the Korean community in the past? https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/541176-times-controversial-comments agreed that these aren't game-related violations but they are still worth mentioning.
And about Macsed I have a vague memory of him being caught up in a match-fixing scandal but I don't think they ever had real proof https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/544064-suspicious-betting-odds-changes-at-wesg-2018

Damn, it seems like there is a lot of drama over there.

Also seems like a lot of Chinese fans covering for Chinese players.
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bluerainnight
Profile Joined July 2019
2 Posts
June 04 2025 04:47 GMT
#18
On June 04 2025 12:17 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 04 2025 11:14 dedede wrote:
On June 04 2025 11:00 deepseer wrote:
Someone summarized the situations of all the Chinese players that were active during LotV and mentioned in this post.

MacSed, Cloudy: clean
Time/Oliveira: no game-related violations (verbal attacks on BreakingGG online do not count)
Toodming: no confirmed game-related violations (only rumours), besides posting comments in support of a smurfer and attacking the victim in a minor match
iAsounu, XY: ladder boosting before WCS 2014
Cyan, Jieshi: ladder boosting before WCS 2019
Coffee: "170610" event (TL post: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/523751-7-chinese-players-banned-match-fixing-and-smurfing )
BreakingGG: "170610", and verbal attacks on Time online
Punk, Silky (not the Silky from America): "170610"
Xigua: run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Jim: match-fixing, run away with debt from gambling (not game-related)
Firefly: too many to list


Didn't Time verbally attack the Korean community in the past? https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/541176-times-controversial-comments agreed that these aren't game-related violations but they are still worth mentioning.
And about Macsed I have a vague memory of him being caught up in a match-fixing scandal but I don't think they ever had real proof https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/544064-suspicious-betting-odds-changes-at-wesg-2018

Damn, it seems like there is a lot of drama over there.

Also seems like a lot of Chinese fans covering for Chinese players.


My English isn't strong, so I've used AI for translation. However, I feel it's necessary to provide context regarding some of these pro-players' situations. Of course, you may choose not to believe this information.

MacSed: MacSed once lost to an opponent significantly weaker than himself (2500 MMR lower than him). This led some players to accuse him of potentially match-fixing, though no concrete evidence was ever found. Setting aside this uncertainty, MacSed's career record is free of any violations.

Time/Oliveira: It must be clarified that Time's offensive WeChat messages about Koreans were merely a crude joke. His relationship with Korean players is actually quite decent. Of course, you could still criticize him for having poor conduct.

Coffee: In the "170610" event, Coffee was very likely an unwitting victim. At the time, after intentionally losing the match (match-fixing), Punk said to Coffee: "I made such a huge mistake (actually Punk throwing the match) to lose to you, how about sending me a red envelope (monetary gift)?" Out of their friendship, Coffee thought little of it and sent Punk a red envelope worth approximately 200 RMB. Consequently, Coffee was banned because he was found to have had monetary transactions with Punk, who was confirmed to have match-fixed. (Theoretically, the possibility of a player fixing a major tournament match for such a small sum is virtually nonexistent). This information comes from scboy-xiaose:https://www.scboy.cc/?thread-746277.htm.
AlexGano
Profile Joined February 2021
26 Posts
June 04 2025 06:03 GMT
#19
I'm trying to post the translated text by chatgpt.

"Hello everyone, I’m Jim. I will no longer be participating in StarCraft II tournaments or matches. I’m posting this as a farewell.
First, I’ll come clean: I’ve been involved in match-fixing. I’ve gambled. I’ve borrowed a lot of money and haven’t repaid it. I’ve been a StarCraft II pro for over a decade, but truthfully, I was only truly professional during the first four years, when I won many domestic tournaments and reached semifinals in some international ones. But everything changed in 2014 when I met “Leifeng” (雷锋). He introduced me to gambling, and from then on, I barely practiced and lost all focus on the game. My results plummeted, and I was surpassed by players like iA and TIME. For instance, I didn’t practice at all for the Legacy of the Void Invitational. I let down 91 and XiaoSe, who had nurtured me then.
I know all of this is my own fault—I brought it upon myself. If I had continued training seriously back then, I would have had no real domestic competition. My Korean ladder rank gave me confidence that I could beat any player in China. But gambling ruined everything. My life would have been so much better had I never touched it.
In early 2014, I met Leifeng, and from that point on, my life changed completely. I not only lost all my own savings and my parents’ money, but also borrowed heavily from relatives and friends. I still owe many people money. I feel deeply sorry to all those who ever helped me.
Now, to get to the main point. I returned to StarCraft II in March of last year. In early April, there was a qualifier, which I participated in and advanced to the main event. When I came back, Firefly (夜蝶, XUE TAO) messaged me every day to practice and chat. I considered him a good friend. In the Asia qualifiers, we met in the first round. I called him and asked if I could lose the match and let him take one game off me, in exchange for him repaying me the 3,000 RMB he borrowed from me a couple years back. I also mentioned he’d get a cut of the match-fixing profits. He agreed.
In the first game, I followed the script and won. After the match, I happily gave him the money, and he gladly accepted. In the second match, he played against XY. I didn’t ask him to throw that one. He told me he couldn’t rig that match because he didn’t want to risk accidentally knocking XY out. I didn’t push him.
At that time, if he wanted to stop cooperating, I wouldn’t have forced him. But it was him who kept coming back to me, which forced me to borrow even more money to bankroll his matches. Starting in the third match, he was up 2-0 with three lives remaining, and he came to me asking if we could rig his match against Lemon. I agreed, though I didn’t tell him I was already getting scammed by betting websites. I kept quiet because I didn’t want to lose the chance to make more money with him.
In the fourth match against Coffee, we rigged it and made over 30,000 RMB. Later, in October, I exposed Firefly because he refused to reimburse me for a 10,000 RMB loss. I was being chased by creditors and my life was a mess. I gave him several months, but he never responded seriously and never paid me back. When I saw he was kicked out of his team, I felt sorry for him and didn’t release any evidence of match-fixing or push further.
This year, when I saw he qualified for EWC, I tried again to get that money back. He still ignored me and blocked me. So now I’m done trying. I don’t want the money anymore—but I believe he shouldn’t be allowed to participate in StarCraft II tournaments. If organizers are fine with match-fixers competing, then I have nothing more to say.
Let me explain why he owes me this money. All the profits from match-fixing came from me. I never let him take any risk. Even when I got scammed or he lost on his own without giving me the promised result, I still paid him.
One example: last April, Firefly played against Nanami. He was super confident and told me he’d win easily, so I bet heavily on him. As a safeguard, he had to lose the first game so we could manipulate the odds. But the site refunded that first map’s bets. He ended up losing the whole match 1–3, and I took a real financial hit. I didn’t ask him for money—on the contrary, I gave him money after that. Check the date for yourself. I wasn’t trying to bribe or flatter him—I just didn’t want to lose him as a partner, thinking we could still make money together.
Fast forward to early July, the EWC qualifiers: he played against RNK on Day 1. Odds were bad, so no profit. But he played well and advanced to Day 2 against Bunny. I personally hoped he’d compete seriously since a few wins would secure a big prize. But he told me he didn’t feel confident and didn’t want to play properly. After we manipulated that match, I still gave him his cut.
Later in July, I asked him to throw a match in a team tournament, since his team couldn’t qualify anyway. I wanted to recover losses. But he refused, citing it was a major domestic broadcast. He went on to crush YoungYakov 2–0. That’s when I broke ties with him. He only agreed to pay me back a bit over 40,000 RMB and kept saying that he pitied me, and I was threatening/extorting him.
Let’s be clear: I was the one constantly transferring money to him. He never gave me a cent. I borrowed money to set everything up, and still paid him. When I bet on him losing to Lemon, I got scammed by the site again.
I only want my losses back—the ones I incurred because of him. If he had simply paid me back, I wouldn’t have kept bothering him or been blocked endlessly. He forced my hand. So now I’m quitting. I won’t participate in any more tournaments, and I’m exposing this incident.
Finally, I hope everyone can stay far away from gambling and gamblers. Lending them money might seem helpful, but it only pulls them deeper into the abyss. That was my experience. Please never mix money with gambling friends. My story is a tragedy. If I hadn’t gambled, I’d be living a great life.
And Firefly, how could you treat me like this in my darkest hour? You knew I was a desperate gambler, yet still refused to give me that 10,000 RMB, which could’ve saved me. So I’m exposing you—not out of revenge, but just to vent. I don’t want to see match-fixers competing internationally.
What shocked me is that you’re still so shamelessly playing in tournaments, refusing to talk to me or admit you owe me money. If you had come to me, I’d have tried to settle things.
I hope forum members can help forward this to the EWC organizers for investigation.
As for your claim that I’m threatening or extorting you—go ahead and call the police. I’m sorry to all the people I’ve let down. But to you, Firefly, I have no regrets. You looked down on me and refused to even negotiate over a small sum. I’ve already accepted the consequences of posting this—I have nothing left to lose. Just one life.
If you want to report me, I’ll provide my real name and address. I dare you to act on it.
The evidence below may not be in order, but it’s all real. If I have slandered you, Xue Tao (Firefly), I am willing to bear any legal responsibility."
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As a spectator, an amateur enthusiast, and a player without a regional server, I can only say that TIME’s championship in 2023 fulfilled a long-held dream for Chinese StarCraft players. Sadly, his brilliance was not enough to drive out all the darkness. With his departure, many people have stopped caring about the scene altogether. There are still players who deserve great respect—such as iA and Cloudy—who continue to live their lives with passion even after leaving the StarCraft community. But there are also people like Jim and Firefly, who destroyed not only their own futures but also those of others. I despise them.
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June 04 2025 06:23 GMT
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On June 04 2025 10:47 Bellalabelaaaa wrote:
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On June 04 2025 07:50 luxon wrote:
lmao first macsed, now jim and firefly. a great look for china and their scene.


There is no evidence that macsed was involved any match fixing activities.


Indeed, there is no concrete evidence. However, it’s worth noting that another former SC2 player, Misaki—who was also involved in match fixing—posted an accusation against JIM on April 25th (https://www.scboy.cc/?thread-737543.htm). Misaki claimed that JIM had once blackmailed a teammate (JIM was previously part of team IG, the same team as Macsed). His words were:

“You (JIM) even threatened your former teammate to give you 5,000 yuan. His wife had just given birth and he had no money, but because you two had once fixed a match together, he went around borrowing money and eventually gave you the 5,000. The next day, after you lost, you shamelessly went back to threaten him again. I’m honestly surprised that everyone in the StarCraft community is so kind—no one even called the police on you.”

Based on the description, the only person who fits both the criteria of being JIM’s teammate and recently having a newborn child at the time is Macsed.
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