A person was executed in China after a courtroom discovered him responsible of setting his ex-wife on hearth whereas she was stay streaming on a web-based portal. The case drew widespread condemnation and outrage throughout the nation.
Tang was allowed to fulfill his household earlier than the execution. (Representational picture)
A person was executed in China after a courtroom discovered him responsible of setting his ex-wife on hearth whereas she was stay streaming on a web-based portal. The person, Tang Lu, was allowed to fulfill his household as soon as earlier than the execution within the southwestern Sichuan province, The World Instances reported.
In September 2020, Lu set his ex-wife on hearth as she was stay streaming on Douyin, a video platform just like Tiktok. The girl, recognized on-line as Lamu, died of her accidents a number of weeks later.
The case drew widespread condemnation and outrage throughout the nation, turning the concentrate on what ladies face in abusive marriages.
Tang had a historical past of bodily abuse in direction of Lamu, Chinese language state media reported, including that the couple divorced in June 2020. He repeatedly sought her out and requested her to remarry him within the following months, however was turned down.
Lamu, a farmer, shared snippets of her each day life and the Sichuan countryside briefly movies and stay streams on Douyin. A Tibetan-origin girl, she usually wore conventional Tibetan clothes within the movies.
On the day of the incident, Lu appeared behind her when she was stay streaming on the platform, poured gasoline on her and set her on hearth. He was arrested quickly after and was sentenced to demise in October 2021. He misplaced his courtroom attraction in January 2022.
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