#SHOWBIZ: Chinese actor Zhang Yiyang executed for 16-year-old girlfriend's murder
AsiaOne reported yesterday that Yiyang, who was 34 years old, is the first celebrity in China to have received a death sentence.
According to court documents reportedly released by Xianyang authorities in Shaanxi, his girlfriend, identified only as Miss Zhang, was 15 when they began dating and had expressed a desire to end their relationship.
Yiyang opposed the breakup and, during their arguments, threatened to take his own life.
On Feb 26, 2022, he lured her to a forest under the pretence of celebrating her birthday.
There, he fatally attacked her with a pocketknife, severing her carotid artery and windpipe with multiple cuts.
Following the brutal act, he returned home to change his clothes, subsequently disposing of them and her mobile phone in a river.
Court documents also revealed that he then attempted suicide at a hotel, but was discovered by staff who alerted the police.
He was sentenced to death for intentional homicide and was executed on Dec 18, 2024.
Yiyang's film, 'Jie You Yin Sheng Guan', was released posthumously in March this year.
Recently, netizens on the platform Douban began giving the film one-star ratings, heavily criticising its release despite its lead actor being a convicted murderer.
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