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Chinese influencer denies staging robbery claims

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December 10, 2025

CHINESE celebrity game streamer and influencer, Lan Zhanfei, who has over 24 million followers and is a millionaire, claims he was robbed at knifepoint by two black men who pretended to be fans inside a five-star hotel in the Cape Town CBD on Monday.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

Social media went abuzz following this announcement, with claims that he faked his own “kidnapping and robbery.”Zhanfei has since refuted this.

According to police, a case of house robbery was registered after Zhanfei who uses the handle@lanzhenfei, was robbed and threatened.

Police spokesperson, Constable Ndakhe Gwala confirmed the case: “This office confirms that Cape Town Central police registered a case of House robbery yesterday (December 8) following an incident that occurred at a hotel in Cape Town.

“The case was transferred to provincial serious violent crime detectives for further investigation.”

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