TAIPEI: A Chinese language man convicted of killing his former spouse by setting her on hearth was executed in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday in a home violence case that had drawn nationwide outrage.
Tang Lu set his ex-wife on hearth in September 2020 whereas she was livestreaming on Douyin, the quick video platform. The 30-year-old girl, recognized on-line as Lamu, died of her accidents a couple of weeks later.
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate Folks’s Court docket mentioned in a brief assertion that it had carried out Tang’s execution early Saturday.
Lamu had supplied a glimpse into her life in brief movies and livestreams on the Chinese language model of TikTok run by the identical dad or mum firm. In her movies, she confirmed off the Sichuan countryside and blogged about her life. She was ethnically Tibetan and sometimes wore conventional Tibetan clothes within the movies.
Lamu’s sister had informed the Paper, an official media outlet based mostly in Shanghai, that her sister suffered home abuse at Tang’s arms for years and determined to divorce him because of this.
The case drew widespread condemnation and outrage throughout the nation over the plight ladies face in abusive marriages. Police took the person into custody a couple of days after information of the assault unfold.
Tang had appealed his dying sentence however misplaced in January.
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