A Chinese man has been executed for killing his ex-wife after she submerged her in gasoline and set it on fire while live-streaming the murder.
The victim, known as Lamu, was social media personality Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
Hundreds of thousands of fans followed him to watch videos in which he shared details of life in the mountains in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.
The tragic case highlighted violence against women in China. A survey shows that one in four women in the Asian giant has experienced domestic violence.
It is said that Lamu, who left her two children orphaned, went to the police as soon as she got married to report violence from her husband, but it was a family matter.
The social media personality had around 800,000 followers who followed the optimistic posts about her simple rural lifestyle, which she shared on the Douyin platform.
His videos showed him foraging for food in the mountains, cooking and doing sketches of humorous songs in traditional Tibetan attire.
The posts garnered more than 6.3 million likes.
Image: Douyin/Lamu
“Extremely brutal”
When her ex-husband, Tang Lu, was sentenced to death, the court in Aba Province, a remote rural area in southwestern Sichuan Province, concluded that large numbers of ethnic Tibetans lived, the crime “extremely brutal” and the “social impact” of it. It was “extremely bad”.
In June 2020, Lamu divorced Tang, whom the court determined had a history of violence against her.
About three months later, he poured gasoline on him at his father’s house and set it on fire.
Lamu suffered burns to 90% of her body and died two weeks later.
The case caused outrage across the country and sparked a debate about violence against women.
Thousands of Lamu followers posted messages to his profile on Douyin, while millions of users on the microblogging platform Weibo called for justice using hashtags that were later censored.
China decriminalized domestic violence in 2016, but crime remains prevalent, particularly in rural areas.
Some activists fear that the mandatory 30-day “calm down” period for couples seeking a recent divorce will make it harder for women to escape abusive relationships.
Image: Douyin/Lamu
– Text originally published at: https://bbc.in/3J4SzTw
source: Noticias
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