Tibetan vlogger Lhamo's killer gets death sentence for brutal live-streamed murder

Also: Lamu murder: Death sentence for popular Chinese vlogger's killer (BBC)

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Source: South China Morning Post

Tibetan vlogger Lhamo’s killer gets death sentence for brutal live-streamed murder

• The case shocked China and led to a public reckoning about domestic violence in the country
• Lhamo was a beloved vlogger and had been streaming to her fans when she was set on fire by her ex-husband

Phoebe Zhang
Published: 3:47pm, 14 Oct, 2021

A Chinese court sentenced to death a man who set fire to his ex-wife and well-known vlogger Lhamo while she was live-streaming, killing her.

According to China’s state broadcaster CCTV, Tang Lu was convicted of murdering the beloved Tibetan internet celebrity at the Abe Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The death sentence was handed out immediately.

Tang and Lhamo divorced in mid-2020, and three months later, on September 14, Tang made an unexpected visit to her home on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, carrying a knife and a bucket of petrol. He doused his ex-wife and set her on fire while she was live-streaming. Two weeks later, the 30-year-old mother of two died.

The very public nature and extreme violence of the attack shocked the country and triggered a fierce debate over domestic violence in China.

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Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3152329/lhamos-killer-gets-death-sentence-brutal

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Source: BBC

Lamu murder: Death sentence for popular Chinese vlogger's killer

15 October 2021

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Lamu divorced Tang, who the court said had a history of violence against her, in June 2020, about three months before the fatal attack at her father's home.

She suffered burns on 90% of her body and died two weeks later.

The court in Aba prefecture, a remote rural area in the south-west of Sichuan province where a large number of ethnic Tibetans live, said Tang deserved "severe punishment" in accordance with the law.

After her death tens of thousands of her followers left messages on her Douyin page, while millions of users of the microblogging platform Weibo called for justice using hashtags that were later censored.

China criminalised domestic violence in 2016 but it remains widespread, particularly in rural areas.

Lamu is reported to have approached police repeatedly about Tang's violence towards her, but officers rebuffed her saying the violence was a "family matter".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58912991