At the end of September 2020, Chen Lei once accused the current CEO of xunlei, Zhang Yubo, in his WeChat Moments and Twitter posts, stating that he overturned the investigation conclusion of the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau through the deputy prosecutor general of the Shenzhen Procuratorate, and threatened employees to make false testimony.

Journalists from the Beijing News ke holdings previously wrote to Chen Lei's contact information. On September 27, journalists from the Beijing News ke holdings received a reply, but there has been no response to subsequent emails. However, on October 8, informed sources told journalists from the Beijing News ke holdings that Chen Lei had already deleted the information posted on social networks. What's more, Chen Lei has deleted a large number of his previous posts on social networks.