Kiaraakitty

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Cheng Wing Yee (born 2002), better known by her aliases Kiaraakitty or Kimchi Cheng, is a Singaporean Twitch streamer[1] who is known for the provocative streams she broadcasts on her Twitch channel.[2]

In 2021, Cheng gained notoriety online on a few counts. In March, Cheng was banned from Twitch when Jade Rasif had a wardrobe malfunction during a jacuzzi stream.[3][4] She was later accused of scamming seven men in June.[5] More recently in October, a sensitive Twitch document was leaked, revealing that Cheng had earned SGD166,000 in two years.[6] In January 2023, she was banned from Twitch for 4 days.[7]

Background

Cheng Wing Yee. Photo from Instagram.

Family

Cheng is known to have a brother, although his name is unknown.[8]

Career

Cheng’s career as a Twitch streamer began in September 2015.[9] She regularly broadcasts vlogs of her life, with her most recent content featuring her travels to Spain and France.[2] As of February 2023, Cheng has more than 372,000 followers on Twitch.[10]

Controversial Incidents

Imitation of an Indian accent (March 2017)

In 2017, Cheng came under fire for attempting to imitate an Indian accent on one of her livestreams.[11] She used the fabricated accent to say the following words:

“Hey dear, I like to eat prata. You know I always like to eat roti prata. I swear this is, this is what I love to eat. Every single day, I would actually open my shop at 9am in the morning.”[11]

Coconuts.co ran an editorial piece to express its distaste over Cheng’s actions.[12]

Jacuzzi stream (March 2021)

The controversial jacuzzi stream. Screenshot taken from Youtube.

On 16 March 2021, Cheng hosted a Twitch livestream featuring herself, DJ personality Jade Rasif, and four other women in a home jacuzzi.[3] At one point in the now-deleted livestream, Rasif’s bikini slipped to expose her right breast.[13] This made the livestream not safe for work (NSFW), prompting Twitch to impose a 24-hour ban on Cheng.[3]

Love scams (June 2021)

Cheng Wing Yee. Photo from Instagram.

On 3 June 2021, an audio recording[14] was leaked, where Cheng allegedly confessed to tricking seven men of their money with tactics that were reminiscent of love scams.[5] Sections of the recording were transcribed and shared as a post by Instagram account @ourfallenwarriors.[15]

In the recording, while Cheng admitted to scamming seven men, she focused her attention on relating her experience with her first victim: an alleged Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)’s regular whom she encountered through online video games.[5]

Upon learning that the man had $30,000 saved up from his career with SAF, Cheng allegedly spun a story about having a growth in her kidney in a bid to solicit money from him.[5] Over the course of two years, Cheng gradually drained the man of his savings.

Although the man later reported Cheng, she allegedly avoided being charged by claiming that he was her irate boyfriend who had been caring for her needs.[5]

The recording also revealed Cheng’s supposed methods for choosing her victims.[5] She would target evergreen men, appealing to their emotions by claiming that she would have to sell herself if she could not raise enough money.

On 5 June 2021, Cheng claimed that the allegations made against her were “false and staged”.[5] She lodged a police report over the incident. Since then, there have been no further updates on the case.

Earnings of SGD166,000 in two years (October 2021)

On 6 October 2021, a document containing sensitive information related to Twitch was leaked to 4chan.[6] User payout information was revealed in the document, and Cheng’s earnings figured amongst the users who appeared in it. According to the document, Cheng earned a total of USD122,586 (SGD166,413) in the last two years.

Twitch confirmed the leak on Twitter, referring to it as a “breach”.[16] It went on to affirm that it would address the issue quickly and provide updates to the community.

4-day ban from Twitch (January 2023)

On 23 January 2023, a Twitter bot that tracks Twitch streamer bans announced that Cheng had been banned from the platform for 4 days.[17] This marks the streamer’s fourth ban in her streaming career, and the reason for the ban was not given. Fans however, speculated that it was because she allegedly “ate a sausage suggestively on camera” during one of her recent streams.[7] A few others suggested it may have been because she did squats with her “buttocks placed extremely close to the camera”.[7] Twitch has strict rules against NSFW content, clearly stating in their Community Guidelines page that “sexually suggestive content or activities are prohibited”.[18]

Her ban was lifted on 27 January 2023.[7]

Stopped by police for skimpy attire in Seoul

In an article published by Must Share News on 11 April 2023, Cheng had been on a 9-hour livestream on a holiday in Seoul when she was stopped by the police for her inappropriate attire. It is alleged that someone reported her for wearing "underwear" in public places.[19]

During the confrontation that happened on livestream, Cheng was seen reasoning with the police, saying it was her first time in Seoul. She explained that the outfit that she was wearing was for a cosplay party, but was still advised to cover up in public.[19]

Co-launches pop-up maid cafe

On 22 June 2023, Cheng made headlines for co-launching a "pop-up maid cafe" with an OnlyFans content creator named Yujia due to open on 24 June 2023.[20] The cafe promotes cat-themed food and beverages and both content creators in lingerie. In an Instagram post made by Cheng, the cafe also other "special services" on offer such as dances for $20, photo opportunities for $30 and hugs for $100.

Forced to apologize for staged harassment in Taiwan

On 24 February 2024, an article published by China Times reported that Cheng was confronted by a local and had eggs thrown at her for allegedly seducing the woman's husband.[21] The incident took place when she was touring and livestreaming in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The situation came to light after Cheng vowed to make a police report, but didn't end up doing so. Local police then took it upon themselves to investigate the matter and discovered that the perpetrator was her 32-year-old assistant who donned a costume and threw the eggs.[22] The entire scenario was planned for the purpose of creating more entertaining content for her viewers. Cheng was later instructed by the local police to publicly apologize via livestream.[22]

Banned from Taiwan

Following news reports of Cheng's egg hoax, Today Online released an article stating that she had been banned from entering Taiwan for a period of "up to 5 years".[23]

References / Citations

  1. ↑ "Who Is Kiaraakitty? Everything On The Singaporean Twitch Star." Wiki. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kiaraakitty." Twitch. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Aquino, Andrés. "Kiaraakitty NSFW jacuzzi stream ban lifted by Twitch." Ginx Esports TV. March 18 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  4. ↑ Bergin, Lauren. "Twitch streamer Kiaraakitty banned again after jacuzzi stream." Dexerto. March 17 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Hayat, Iqmail. "S’pore Streamer KiaraaKitty Allegedly Scams Vulnerable Men Of Money, Audio Clip Exposes Confession." Must Share News. June 4 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 How, Mandy. "Leaked Twitch document reveals S'pore's KiaraaKitty made about S$166,000 in 2 years." Mothership. October 7 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Hayat, Iqmall. “S’pore Streamer Kiaraakitty Banned From Twitch, Fans Suspect It Was Due To Suggestive Sausage-Eating”. Mustsharenews. February 2, 2023. Accessed on 3 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kiaraakitty Height, Weight, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Facts, Biography." Healthy Celeb. March 29 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Kiaraa Kitty." Famous Birthdays. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  10. ↑ Kiaraakitty. “About”. Twitch. n.d. Accessed on 3 February 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "SINGAPOREAN GAL KIARAAKITTY TALKING WITH INDIAN ACCENT!!." Youtube. October 27 2017. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Twitch streamer's vapidly offensive attempt at an Indian accent gets turned into an EDM banger." Coconuts.co. March 23 2018. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  13. ↑ "KiaraaKitty has a drunk Jacuzzi stream with Jade Rasif & friends." Youtube. March 16 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Kiaraakitty Exposed." YouTube. June 3 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  15. ↑ "This has to be shared." Instagram. June 4 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  16. ↑ "We can confirm a breach has taken place." Twitter. October 6 2021. Accessed 30 October, 2021.
  17. ↑ StreamerBans. “❌ Twitch Partner "Kiaraakitty" (@kiaraakitty) has been banned! ❌ streamerbans.com/user/kiaraakitty #twitch #ban #fourthban #partner #twitchpartner 🖲”. Twitter. January 23, 2023. Accessed on 3 February 2023.
  18. ↑ “Community Guidelines”. Twitch. n.d. Accessed on 3 February 2023.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Foo, Yan Ning. "Singapore Twitch Streamer Kiaraakitty Stopped By Seoul Police For Her Skimpy Outfit". Must Share News. April 11, 2023. Accessed 12 April 2023.
  20. ↑ Tan, Tammi. "S’pore Streamer Kiaraakitty Opens Pop-Up Maid Cafe At Boat Quay, Charges S$100 For Hugs". MustShare News. June 22, 2023. Accessed 5 July 2023.
  21. ↑ 洪靖宜. "星國辣網紅環台「自導自演遭蛋砸」 泛淚辯：不懂這樣犯法". China Times. February 24, 2024. Accessed 28 February 2024.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Yuam, Valerie. "S’pore streamer Kiaraakitty admits egg attack in Taiwan was staged, told by police to apologise". MS News. February 25, 2024. Accessed 28 February 2024.
  23. ↑ Ong, Shynn. "S'pore streamer Kiaraakitty banned from entering Taiwan for up to 5 years over staged egg-pelting attack". Today Online. February 28, 2024. Accessed 1 March 2024.
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