A man in China was sentenced to death for killing his ex-wife by lighting her on fire as she was livestreaming on social media, a heinous crime that has shocked the country and sparked widespread indignation against domestic violence against women.

Tang Lu, the defendant, was found guilty of deliberate killing by an intermediate people's court in the Aba area of Sichuan province on Thursday, according to state-run media source CCTV News. Tang Lu was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.

According to CCTV, the court ruled that his offense was "very harsh" and that the "social impact" was "highly detrimental."

Amachu, Tang's ex-wife, was a 30-year-old ethnic minority Tibetan YouTuber who belonged to a minority ethnic group. Lamu, as she was known online, had more than 770,000 followers on Douyin, China's version of the video-sharing app TikTok. She released upbeat films of her mountain home life on a daily basis, which included her lip-syncing, cooking, foraging, and spending time with her family, among other activities.

Lamu would occasionally appear in her videos dressed in traditional Tibetan garb, and her supporters frequently commended her for not wearing cosmetics.

According to her Douyin account description: "It's not that I dislike city life; rather, I like to live at my father's side, which means I must rely on mountainous terrain to supplement my income. I'd like to share the wonders of the mountains with as many people as possible!"

Tang married the mother of two children in 2009, but the pair frequently fought, and Tang was accused of beating her several times, according to CCTV.

Tang and Lamu were divorced in June 2020, and Lamu later attempted to remarry her but was turned down. As stated by CCTV, Tang went to Lamu's father's house, where Lamu was broadcasting to a live audience, and splashed gasoline on her before setting herself on fire. The incident took place on September 14, 2020 at around 10:30 p.m., according to the court proceedings.

She died two weeks after the incident, despite the fact that she had received burns on 90 percent of her body. Tang left the scene and was apprehended by local police later that night, according to Chinese media outlet Sina News.

Meanwhile, Lamu's father's house was destroyed during the attack, and the elderly man has been forced to live in an old nursing home near a government facility ever since, according to Sina News.

Lamu's killing provoked widespread outcry throughout China.
The tragedy of Lamu has fueled a renewed outpouring of rage against domestic abuse against women in China. The Hong Kong Free Press reported that her Douyin page was deluged with tens of thousands of comments mourning her death, and millions of people on the social-media site Weibo called for justice, using the hashtags "Lamu" and "Lamu died after being set on fire by her ex-husband," according to the report. According to the Hong Kong Free Press, several of the posts were later blocked.

According to reports following Lamu's murder, she and her family had undergone a brutal history of brutality at the hands of Tang.

According to the Chongqing Morning Post, their divorce, which took place in June 2020, was their second separation. According to the allegation, Lamu and Tang had separated earlier in May 2020, but she reconciled with him after he threatened to harm one of their children who was in his care, the report stated.

She was able to get away from Tang with the aid of relatives and hide for a while. It was stated in The Washington Post that Tang confronted Lamu's sister and battered her after she refused to tell him where Lamu had gone missing.

Her family informed the Washington Post that they reported the event to the police, but that the authorities did nothing about the situation. When Lamu and Tang divorced for the second time in June 2020, she was awarded joint custody of both of their kids.

According to the Chinese state media agency CGTN, almost one in every four women in the country is a victim of domestic violence.

Domestic violence has long been regarded a family concern that should be handled with in private by authorities and police, and it was only in 2016 that it was made a criminal offense in China.

Other high-profile examples of mistreatment have sparked widespread indignation in China. In July, police freed a guy who had been accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend after he signed a written promise that he would not do it again in the future. While she shouted, he was seen on video taking her by the shoulders and shoving her into his car.

Afterward, the hashtag "guarantee" trended with 740 million mentions on Weibo, The South China Morning Post reported.

In the meantime, Lamu's older sister Zhuoma has taken over the vlogger's Douyin account, posting updates on her family's situation and tearful farewell messages to her sister.

In her latest video, posted last week, Zhuoma seemingly wrote to Lamu: "I'm sorry, a year has passed, and I still can't give you an explanation. The most I've been able to do is protect those you cared about and loved."

She continued: "In the next life, I'll be your older brother, and protect you well. Rest in peace, little sister."