An commercial for Douyin, the Chinese sister app of TikTok, at a mall in Beijing. (File photograph: AP)

TAIPEI: A Chinese man convicted of killing his former spouse by setting her on fireplace 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 fireplace in September 2020 whereas she was livestreaming on Douyin, the quick video platform. The 30-year-old girl, identified on-line as Lamu, died of her accidents just a few weeks later.
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court mentioned in a brief assertion that it had carried out Tang’s execution early Saturday.
Lamu had supplied a glimpse into her life briefly movies and livestreams on the Chinese model of TikTok run by the identical guardian 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 primarily based in Shanghai, that her sister suffered home abuse at Tang’s fingers for years and determined to divorce him consequently.
The case drew widespread condemnation and outrage throughout the nation over the plight girls face in abusive marriages. Police took the person into custody just a few days after information of the assault unfold.
Tang had appealed his demise sentence however misplaced in January.