Lhamo was a famous livestreamer who was murdered brutally by her ex-husband while she was livestreaming. The brutal act sparked protests across China over laws protecting women against violence from men. Following the intense backlash and global media coverage, China took swift action in the matter, and recently the murderer was executed by the country.
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Lhamo, a farmer and livestreamer in China's Sichuan province died a painful death in September 2020.
The man who killed Lhamo by setting her on fire while she was on Livestream was her own ex-husband. The man was now executed in China on Saturday.
The case prompted horror and backlash across the country.
According to Global Times, Tang Lu was executed by a court in the southwestern Sichuan province, citing the Intermediate People's Court of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture.
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Before the execution, Tang was allowed to meet his family. Reports reveal Tang's ex-wife was a farmer and livestreamer in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture.
State media reported that Tang had a history of physical abuse toward Lhamo, and the couple divorced in June 2020.
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After their divorce, he repeatedly used to sought her for remarriage but was always rejected. Then fast forward to September 2020, Lhamo was livestreaming a video of herself when Tang appeared behind her, poured gasoline over her, and set her on fire. She died two weeks later. Tang was arrested soon after the attack, and sentenced to death in October 2021.
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The case received both national and international coverage in the media and raised a serious question regarding the abuse women in China face by men and how the country's justice system was failing to protect victims while easily pardoning perpetrators.
Until 2001, when China amended its marriage law, abuse wasn't considered grounds for divorce.China enacted its first nationwide law prohibiting domestic violence in 2015, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that defined the offense for the first time, and covers both psychological abuse as well as physical violence.
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But critics say there are still many gaps in the law and it leaves out same-sex couples and also ignores the sexual violence in the country.
The debate on the matter continues and since Lhamo's death, it has become more intense. Recent controversies have included several explosive rape allegations involving high-profile names last year and an assault on several women in a restaurant last month after one of them fended off a man's sexual harassment.
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