SICHUAN-(MaraviPost)-China has executed, Tang Lu, after finding him guilty of setting his ex-wife on fire while she was live streaming on an online platform.
The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People’s Court confirmed Tang’s execution in a statement on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Lu was executed by a court in the southwestern Sichuan province and the court allowed him to meet his family before the execution.
In September 2020, Lu set his ex-wife , known online as Lhamo, on fire while she was live streaming on video platform, Douyin and she reportedly succumbed to the injuries just few weeks later.
On the day of the tragedy, Lu appeared behind Lhamo when she was live streaming on the platform, poured gasoline on her and set her on fire before he was arrested and sentenced to death in October 2021.
Prior to this, the 30-year-old Tibetan-origin woman reportedly suffered domestic abuse at Tang’s hands for years before decided to divorce in June 2020.
According to NBC, Lu sought his ex wife out and asked to remarry in the following months, but was turned away.
Lhamo’s case was widely covered in national and international media, raising discussion about the abuse and mistreatment of women in China and how the country’s legal system often fails to protect victims while easily pardoning perpetrators.
The debate on violence against women and gender inequality in China has continued since Lhamo’s death.
China enacted its first nationwide law prohibiting domestic violence in 2015 but until 2001, when China amended its marriage law, abuse wasn’t considered grounds for divorce.
On the other end, Chinese criminal law is severe, with many crimes punishable by death. Despite the number of crimes punishable by death has been reduced, this has not had a significant impact on the number of death sentences and executions.
Currently, the number of crimes punishable by death in the region is 46; including 24 violent crimes and 22 non-violent crimes.
