The account that he used to publish quick movies has since been banned

A well-liked live-streamer and influencer in China has died after gulping down copious quantities of potent liquor, New York Post reported. His loss of life comes days after one other 34-year-old influencer additionally died in a similar way.

The tragic information was confirmed by the 27-year-old’s spouse in an announcement to native media outlet Jimu News, Asia’s Straits Times reported. 

The influencer named Zhong Yuan Huang Ge, also called Brother Huang to his 176,000 social media followers, died on June 2 after binging extreme quantities of Baijiu, throughout a viral consuming problem. The harmful problem includes consuming Baijiu, a Chinese spirit with a typical alcohol content material of between 30% to 60%. 

In one video, Mr. Huang was seen downing baijiu and lighting tissue paper soaked in alcohol, whereas one other clip confirmed a stack of dozens of bottles.

The web star’s spouse surnamed Li, revealed that her husband was desperately making an attempt to earn cash by means of live-streaming to repay the debt that he incurred earlier than his marriage. 

Notably, Mr Huang had simply constructed a brand new home within the village this 12 months and the couple was planning to earn some cash with a purpose to renovate it after sending their son to kindergarten this 12 months. His spouse stated she would work for the remainder of her life to repay her husband of eight years’ money owed, in keeping with Straits Times.

Meanwhile, the account that he used to publish quick movies has since been banned, Ms. Li informed Jimu News.

His loss of life comes after a stay streamer surnamed Wang was discovered lifeless on May 16 after consuming no less than seven bottles of baijiu spirits on Douyin, China’s model of TikTok. He was discovered lifeless 12 hours after the printed, Chinese media reported.

Mr. Huang was buddy of Wang and had even attended his funeral, in keeping with China media outlet Southern Metropolis Daily. During the ceremony, he allegedly pledged to eat much less alcohol. 

Both these deaths, within the span of 1 month, have now sparked enormous scrutiny of the security and rules of such apps.