Chinese court grants woman divorce 6 years after husband pushed her off Thai cliff
Her then-husband earlier demanded US$4 million for ‘emotional suffering, loss of youth,’ asserting he would not agree to a divorce otherwise
A court in China has granted the divorce application of a woman who survived after being pushed off a cliff in Thailand by her husband six years ago, sparking massive cheers on social media.
Wang Nan, 38, better known online as Wang Nuannuan, suffered severe injuries after Yu Xiaodong pushed her off a 34-metre-high cliff while they were on holiday in a national park in Thailand in June 2019.
She was pregnant for three months at the time and thus lost her unborn child in the autumn.
Yu, who attempted to kill Wang so he could inherit her substantial assets to settle his gambling debts, was sentenced to 33 years and four months in prison by a Thai court last year after a third hearing of the case.
In September 2023, Wang submitted a divorce application to the Qinhuai District People’s Court in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province.