Lhamo divorced her husband in March this year, but he did not take it well and began threatening to kill their sons if she didn’t remarry him. Dolma told The Times that Lhamo often had bruises on her face and body and would sometimes live with their father for short periods to “recover from her injuries.” In the following years, Lhamo gave birth to two sons, who are now 12 and 3 years old. She moved in with her new husband, who was from a neighboring village, after the wedding. Lhamo met her husband, Tang Lu, at the age of 18 and the two married soon after. Lhamo Had Sought Help for Her Abuse & Her Death Highlighted Issues With China’s Response to Domestic Violence Her case and the subsequent coverage sparked a social media outcry at domestic violence in China and the issues with the country’s legal system in preventing domestic violence. She died two weeks later, her sister Dolma told The Times. Local police are looking into Lhamo’s ex-husband as they believe he set her on fire after dousing her with gasoline, the outlet reported.Īfter the attack, Lhamo was brought to the hospital with severe burns all over her body. Lhamo screamed and the stream abruptly ended.

She was streaming live from her kitchen in September 2020 with about 400 of her 200,000 followers watching the stream when a man suddenly entered the kitchen, The New York Times reported. The 30-year-old woman, who was known by only one name like many other Tibetans, was a farmer who frequently shared videos of her life in southwestern China on Douyin, a Chinese app similar to TikTok. Lhamo’s family has said that she was a victim of domestic violence and had sought help from the authorities prior to the fatal mid-September attack. A social media outcry has occurred in the wake of the death of Tibetan farmer and social media influencer Lhamo, who was attacked by her ex-husband during a live stream and died of her injuries two weeks later, according to her family.

Susan woods dateline