China warns against live-streaming after rooftopper falls to death
Warning follows Wu Yongning’s death after he plunged from a 62-storey building
A young Chinese climbing enthusiast’s fatal fall from a skyscraper while making a selfie video on a US$15,000 “rooftopping” dare has spurred warnings by state media against the perils of live-streaming.
Wu Yongning plunged to his death from a 62-storey building in central China on November 8, the day he stopped posting videos of his skyscraper exploits on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter.
A month later, his girlfriend confirmed the death of the 26-year old in a social media post.
Wu, who had more than 60,000 followers of Weibo, was looking to win a prize of 100,000 yuan (US$15,000) for a filmed stunt atop the Huayuan Hua Centre in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, media said over the weekend.
His death was a reminder of the need for stronger supervision of live-streaming apps, the official China Daily said on Tuesday.
