YouTubeA woman dubbed China’s “most beautiful fugitive” has been banned from the country’s version of TikTok after turning her life around and promoting education on live streams.
Back in 2018, Qing Chenjingliang gained infamy in China after being expelled from school for poor grades and turning to a life of crime with her boyfriend.
As part of a ten-person fraud ring, she, along with her boyfriend, tricked men into believing they were in an online relationship where they’d pay for expensive items and threatened them with violence if they refused to pay up.
Once wanted posters for police were put up for Qing and her crew, her good looks earned her the moniker of China’s “most beautiful fugitive.”
While she turned herself in and served two months in jail, she returned ready to preach against fraud on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, only to be banned by the platform.
TikTok bans former Chinese fugitive for “exploiting” her history in jail
According to the South China Morning Post, after being released from jail, Chenjingliang starred in a police anti-fraud video and began streaming.
“I want to start over and help ordinary people avoid being scammed,” she explained, putting her knowledge on the topic to good use by broadcasting twice per day.
However, on TikTok, she used her iconic wanted poster picture and in her bio, reminded users that she was in legal trouble in 2018.
Furthermore, she would encourage users to send her gifts in exchange for tales from jail and her experiences scamming people.
On April 27, all of her videos were removed with the platform explaining that it doesn’t allow content that exploits prison or criminal histories for attention or profit.
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While Qing hasn’t responded to the ban, Chinese citizens are mixed on whether she should be allowed to stream and capitalize on her “most beautiful fugitive” persona.