Chinese actor murdered sparks nationwide online outrage - CCP goes full censorship

[meadow_wind]

I heard something about the passing of a B-list actor a couple of weeks ago, but things weren't clear. Tonight, I stumbled on this video where the guy explains in detail what might have happened, and it's bad... This video was published 4 days ago.

Yu Menglong 于朦胧, 37 years old, died 11 Sept 2025.

Official narrative: accidental fall from a building after drinking. Body found at 6am on the ground by a lady walking her dog.
Following the police investigation, criminal suspicion has been ruled out. Case officially closed within 12h...

Speculations: Murder cover-up. Stems from many irregularities and clues discovered, being shared online, which ensued a desperate censorship effort from all official platforms that then scrubbed everything clean from the internet, banning accounts, etc.
Others speculate about "dark" practices or human sacrifice, which is totally plausible, knowing what we know about Hollywood, because people realized there are 8 or 9 other actors from that same agency who died in similar conditions in the past 10 years.

Sources: Security camera footage + people's cell phone footage released.
An anonymous Weibo account released a death statement 7h prior to the official announcement, which usually never happens.
Yu's final live stream: him doing the internationally recognized "540" hand gesture (a distress signal) + making a statement suggesting that if something happened to him, not to believe it was an accident, then the stream cut off abruptly... And later, the video was removed from all platforms.

Motive: to prevent him from exposing a money laundering scheme implicating people from a certain circle of the entertainment industry linked to the state-owned talent agency Tianyu Media that managed his career since 2013, which in turn also implicates some high-end CCP officials or other powerful people.

Who is implicated: A list of 16 people allegedly present at the party that night was released. Briefly covered in the 1st video. The complete list and compelling details are in the 2nd video, starting at 13min.
Long story short, 2 names kept coming up in discussions before being scrubbed from platforms almost immediately. Both are suspected of being the illegitimate sons of Cai Qi, one of China's 7 most powerful officials (the guy is in charge of ideology, propaganda, and censorship for the entire country). One of them managed (controlled) Yu's career, trapped him under restrictive contracts, and much worse...

Claims that spread online: hospital staff allegedly leaked surveillance footage from the emergency room, suggesting Yu was brought to the hospital at 2:58am. By 3:12 am, resuscitation efforts had failed: he was already deceased on arrival.

It seems he has been tortured and raped. They killed his 2 dogs in front of him (we can hear him cry and scream his dogs' names in one of the secret footage, "So much blood! It hurts so much. Boon! Ham! We won't be together anymore..."

A Taiwanese lawyer who analyzed the case publicly said it's impossible to properly close an investigation like this in just 12h. The speed alone raised immediate red flags. What wasn't included in that investigation: CCTV footage from the building (unavailable or erased), autopsy results & witness statements never released to the public.

A whistle Blower, resident of the Sunshine Upper East complex, said dozens of households received bribe money twice to silence them, or received threats.
After Yu's death, more than 100 household in the complex suddenly listed their apartments for sale.
2 people related to Yu who publicly demanded justice received death threats.

One comment says:
"Total 9 actors and actress including Yu Menglong worked for this same film company (EE MEDIA) were murdered . Most of them died either ACCIDENT fall or SUICIDE. Same pattern. BOYCOTT !!!! TIENYU (EE MEDIA) and MANGO they are partners."

Another comment:
"What actually happened to Yu Menglong?
What actually happened to the bullies at Jiangyou school?
What actually happened to Yang Lanlan?
What actually happened to Dr. Luo Shuaiyu?
What actually happened to Premier Li Keqiang?
What actually happened to Dr. Li Wenliang?
What actually happened to chained lady?
Where is justice in China?

Another comment from another video says:
"10 young people have died in that agency! 10 over 10 years!"

Chinese authorities and Weibo crack down on netizens alleging foul play in Yu Meng Long's death

Details inside

news.mydramalist.com

On the evening of September 23, Weibo administrators issued an announcement:
(...) However, the platform has found that after the release of the police report, some users have continued to maliciously hype the matter in the comment sections, (...) As of now, in accordance with the Weibo Community Convention and other regulations, the platform has removed more than 100,000 pieces of content violating [the rules] involving malicious incitement of negative sentiment and other misconduct. Over 1,000 accounts engaged in violations have been subjected to penalties ranging from temporary suspensions to permanent closures. In addition, commenting functions have been suspended for more than 15,000 accounts that repeatedly engaged in malicious hype in the comment sections.


Here's the 2nd video, investigating the murder in chronological order

We may never know the full truth, but we can't stop asking questions, because accepting silence means accepting that some lives are worth less than others, that power can operate without accountability.

 

[meadow_wind]

It took me 4h to gather all this information last night, and I couldn't finish because it was too late. Here's the follow-up.


List of the 8 artists from that talent agency who died under suspicious circumstances
Before Yu's demise, eight other young artists died under similar circumstances over the past two decades, according to online platform Koreaboo.

• 2006: singer Tan Beixi died in a so-called "unusual car accident"
• 2011: actor Shang Yubo reportedly jumped to his death after wandering the rooftop of a high-rise for three hours.
• 2015: Bian Ce, considered a rising star at that time, died after falling from a building in Tianjin, China.
• 2016: singer Ben Xi reportedly died after jumping from her residence on Christmas Eve, just days after promoting her new music during a live broadcast. Her death was ruled a suicide.
• That same year, singer-actor Qiao Renliang was found dead in his Shanghai home. Police confirmed that Qiao had died by suicide.
• 2017: actress Jiao Ren fell from a hotel in Suzhou, China. After a 2-month-long investigation, police determined that Jiao had accidentally fallen to her death while intoxicated.
• 2019: actress Lu Jiayong went missing after she shared posts online about her stress-induced struggles in the entertainment industry. To this day, there have been no official updates about Lu.
• Singer Cai Chong suddenly passed away in 2020. Following the demise, there was no official explanation provided to the public.

source: Yu Menglong’s agency Tianyu Media in the spotlight after his death: Before Alan Yu, 8 popular emerging stars died under the same agency in the last 2 decades; who were they and how did they die

 

[meadow_wind]

Last one! This should encompass all the information that seems legitimate about this case at the moment.

According to a Twitter user named "X" (Xinwen Investigation), a netizen living near Yu Menglong's home said that before Yu Menglong fell, a local housekeeper saw the man in a black suit repeatedly pulling on Yu Menglong's arm. The housekeeper's phone was then formatted by the authorities, and all the videos and photos she had taken were deleted.

Source: (影) 于朦朧生前最後一分鐘影片曝光? 命案疑點重重 網疑墜樓前就已身亡 | 中國 | Newtalk新聞


Video filmed secretly by a neighbor: 代凱淇 (@daikaiqi9) on Threads
Same 30 sec video (looped twice) with subtitles:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiKw-tIU8f4

Translation:
我从小到大受你委屈 I have been wronged by you since I was a child
我知道我死了 I know I’m dead
我再不受你委屈 I will never be wronged by you again



Leaked Dark Web Video Allegedly Shows Yu Menglong’s Torture and Death — Insider Claims Justice Is Coming
Published: October 11, 2025

A disturbing video allegedly depicting the torture and death of Chinese actor Yu Menglong has reportedly surfaced on the dark web, adding new weight to growing public suspicions surrounding his death. Hackers are said to have obtained the footage by breaching the phone of actress Song Yiren—one of the suspects—and leaking the recording online. Meanwhile, an investor in China has claimed that mounting public outcry is proving effective and shared strategies to pressure those behind the crime.

Dark Web leak and hacking claims
On Oct. 8, Malaysian netizen Carol shared on social media that her American friend had paid to access the video on the dark web. According to her, the entire incident had been recorded by Song Yiren herself. Hackers allegedly extracted the video from her phone and uploaded it online. Several Taiwanese media outlets have also reported that U.S. netizens viewed the footage, and some users say it has been reported to the FBI.

The content described by Carol aligns closely with previously circulating rumors. She claims Yu attended a private party with his dog, “Fuli.” At the gathering, he was pressured to hand over a USB drive. When he refused, the perpetrators allegedly began pulling out his fingernails. Fuli, attempting to protect his owner, was reportedly killed by suspects Fan Shiqi and Cheng Qingsong. Yu’s other dog, “Ham,” remained at home and is believed to have survived.

Carol herself refused to watch the leaked footage, saying her friend described it as “unbearably cruel.” According to secondhand accounts, Yu was gang-raped, tortured, and eventually thrown from a building. His body reportedly showed multiple fractures and an open abdominal wound.

Leaked Posts and Audio Evidence
In a viral post by user @jessica03919, a chilling message was shared: “A hacker broke into Song Yiren’s phone and recovered the footage showing the brutal torture and killing of Yu Menglong. It was horrifying—truly the work of demons in human form.”

A day earlier, on Oct. 7, the X account “News Investigation” published footage allegedly showing Yu after surgery had been performed on his abdomen. The clip names Fan Shiqi as the individual who cut him open to extract the USB drive.

On Oct. 8, Fan briefly posted—and then quickly deleted—a message on his social media account admitting responsibility for Yu’s death. Netizens managed to capture screenshots before the deletion. An earlier post by Fan added to suspicions: beneath one of his photos, he had written, “Since childhood, I vowed to eliminate those more handsome than me. My sword has yet to be drawn.” The statement has since been widely interpreted as a glimpse into his violent and jealous mindset.

Further adding to the case, a widely circulated audio clip features someone shouting, “Spit it out! Hurry!” and “Knock him out!”—phrases believed to be shouted during the alleged torture. The voice is suspected to be Fan’s, prompting netizens to grimly nickname him “the surgeon of slit stomachs.”

Audio forensics and last words
Other online clips reportedly show Yu screaming “Fan Xiaohua, save me!” just before falling from the building. A separate audio file features a man hurling vulgar abuse while allegedly torturing Yu. Forensic analysis of the voice reportedly yielded a 99.57 percent match with Fan Shiqi.

On Oct. 8, a prominent investor in the Chinese film industry claimed via an X (formerly Twitter) post that public voices supporting Yu Menglong have been highly effective—and that authorities have begun to notice, though the subject remains sensitive. He suggested that the official investigation notices around Yu’s death were softened or delayed, perhaps to stabilize or conceal information about “that person” (possibly referring to the murderer or a political figure), so as not to alert them.

The insider urged netizens to keep speaking out, asserting that those behind the crime fear public opinion more than anything. He said he recently visited a spiritual advisor connected to the entertainment world, who told him that higher‑dimensional forces are aiding Yu’s cause—though they cannot intervene directly.

He predicted that changes would begin next month: those who participated in Yu’s demise will see their fortunes crumble, and the key orchestrator will come under scrutiny—but not via the Yu case itself. He warned that the perpetrators will not be exposed under the banner of Yu’s case, to avoid drawing attention to deeper connections.

The investor also offered practical advice: Yu’s former studio registered multiple companies, so reporting those entities may draw official attention. He recommended persistently sending complaints to drain the suspects’ financial resources, reasoning that controlling public sentiment is costly—he estimated it could cost at least 100 million yuan every ten days. He encouraged netizens to sustain pressure for one to two months so that those responsible are forced to dig into their reserves, ultimately fomenting internal strife.

He added that he strongly believes an upcoming drama will face widespread boycott — not because of weak acting or directing, but because its screenwriter, Fang Li, is allegedly among the suspects involved in Yu Menglong’s case.

Source: Leaked Dark Web Video Allegedly Shows Yu Menglong’s Torture and Death — Insider Claims Justice Is Coming - Vision Times

 

[palestine]

Thank you for your research! What you're describing is truly very bad. I hope the Chinese government does something about it. In any case, it seems there's evidence for an investigation.

If everything is as you described it, it shows that the people who organized this aren't careful.

I also wonder how it's possible that this young man ended up so close to such circles.

My first thought would be to blame it on "the wealthy elite who have nothing better to do." But, there are potentially multiple possibilities for explaining these things. A big boss ordering the lower echelons to do these things—a kind of pyramid structure.

I read the comment "this young man wanted to bring down the CCP," but I don't think that's the crux of the matter, because these things happen across ideologies and countries. It's "Dutroux," and these phenomena are found almost everywhere.

You who have studied this case, what would you say?

 

[Huila]

The words of Professor Jiang Xueqin (resident of Beijing) come to mind:

"I've been trying for the past 30 years and I'll be very honest with you. I've been able to think, write and teach as I deem fit. And a lot of it is because I choose not to get rich in China. So in China, if you want to get rich, you have to submit your will to the party. You have to find a power a powerful political patron. That person will sponsor you. But then of course, you have to become obedient to that person. And that's how the system works. If you're going to become rich, you have to play ball. But if you don't become rich like me, if you're like, I don't really care. I just want to have intellectual freedom, then China can be one of the freest places on Earth. And that sounds very strange and paradoxical, but it is true. And and you you can tell from my essays on Substack, you can tell from my lectures in the classroom. As long as I choose not to get rich, as long as I choose not to monetize my fame, people will leave me alone in China. But if I became a millionaire, then people are going to come knock on my door and says, "Hey, where's my cut?" And that's a situation in China."

Liana was/is offering some good updates on the Yu Menglong case through her TikTok; so impacted has she been by the case that its overtaken her usual work. She also made a long detailed video on Yu Menglong through youtube. There she presented an idea of ritual cultural practice by some Chinese elites; that of transferring ones own curses onto another the celebrity (and therefore payment by death).

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[meadow_wind]

Liana was/is offering some good updates on the Yu Menglong case t

Wow... The info she's sharing is a little hard to stomach. I'm sure she's right about the dark side of things in China, but I would hope that it's just a minority, not a majority. I mean, there are many Talent Agencies and many artists, so I'm sure not all of them take part in those evil practices.

And indeed, I was thinking about the fact that there were at least a dozen other ways these guys could have done things differently with Yu M... Bribes, threats, kidnapping, forcing him in many other ways to hand over that USB drive, etc. They didn't have to kill him to silence him. Or they could have killed him swiftly and painlessly to silence him. So the whole torture thing... It's completely another game level.

I did notice lately another actor seemingly acting a bit off... It's all in his eyes, like he's suffering in silence. I even saw a clip where he was almost having a psychosis from being harassed by fans (he ran in his limo, lowered his head on his knees and put his jacket over his head. I never saw him behaving like that before. It's not a good sign.

 

[meadow_wind]

I hope the Chinese government does something about it

I don't think you seem to grasp the situation here.
It is the government (someone very powerful in or close to the government) who is burying the whole case, bribing police and other officials, tampering/erasing evidence, and censoring everyone online under penalty of, at the best, your online account gets shut down, at the worst, it's jail time.

If everything is as you described it, it shows that the people who organized this aren't careful.

I would think they are usually careful, but they don't need to, because they are dirt rich AND have powerful allies.
The proof that they are usually careful is that there aren't many previous examples of leaked murders like this one. Maybe there is, but I'm not aware of it, and I haven't researched it either.

I also wonder how it's possible that this young man ended up so close to such circles.

From what I found out, in China, there is no such thing as independent artists. The law requires them to be signed by an agency that manages their career. There are very few exceptions to this. One such exception is actor/signer Bai JingTing: he opened up his own talent agency and hired himself...

Back to Yu Menlong: this young man was an actor who signed up with a talent agency named Tianyu Media in 2013. He was 25 years old back then. That particular agency seems to be run by shady, evil people (snakes in suits), so young aspiring artists don't have a clue about what's awaiting them. And as Huila quoted in her post, there is this cultural thing about finding a sponsor and being "submissive/obedient"...

 

[fifty_five]

I'll keep it simple and won't analyze what you posted point by point, partly because I'm lazy and careless, and partly because it's interesting. Nothing is excluded, of course, but I suggest you also include the current geopolitical situation in the context. American conservatives, and consequently the golden billion, are bombarded daily on social media (algorithms) and legacy media with anti-China propaganda. To get an idea of how things are going, keep this in mind too. Ihmo.

 

[Tomiro]

I'm not familiar with this case either and there could very well be something dark going on here. But just a comment on some of the sources linked.

Taking a look at David Zhang's other videos (from the first post), they all seem to be extremely negative about China.

"China wants to start WW3", "China fakes everything" or how the Chinese economy is going to collapse, and at times seem to present Chinese people as these crude brutes. From what I could gather, he was born in China but grew up in the US.

The tone reminds me a bit of some other people who were born in the Soviet Union but later moved to the west. And after being indoctrinated by western propaganda, are now "experts" on modern day Russia; How its full of corruption, their army is falling apart, Putin is a dictator, and Russia will collapse any day now.

Another article linked was from "Vision Times" who have links to Falun Gong, who receive money from National Endowment for Democracy, who receives money directly from the US. Also from Wikipedia: "Vision Times is also affiliated with Decode China, a short-lived website arranged by United States Department of State" Taking a look at "Decode China" there is currently a revolution going on where the Chinese army has collapsed and people are rising up and rioting against the evil CCCP.

Now I'm sure that pathology exists in China as well, but with the amount of western sponsored anti-China propaganda that exists, it makes it harder to figure out what is really going on a specific issue. OSIT.

 

[axj]

The tone reminds me a bit of some other people who were born in the Soviet Union but later moved to the west. And after being indoctrinated by western propaganda, are now "experts" on modern day Russia; How its full of corruption, their army is falling apart, Putin is a dictator, and Russia will collapse any day now.

As someone with that exact background I can tell you that many or even most people who were born in the USSR and moved to the West view Russia and Putin very favorably.

Just like Eastern Europeans in general they have an easier time recognizing the push towards totalitarianisn in the West for what it is, after experiencing the communist dictatorships.

 

[Elisasheva]

I think the only reliable way to verify any of this would be to go directly to the source - Chinese social media and news. However, many reports claim that any mentions of this case and the people involved have been removed from platforms like Weibo, and that no information can be found anymore. Some even say that Chinese citizens face consequences for discussing it online - which, admittedly, creates a very convenient situation for anti-China propaganda.

That said, many Chinese users on X claim that the entire issue actually originated within China, and that it was Chinese netizens who first started pointing out inconsistencies in the official version.

This video already posted above discusses it nicely:

I think it’s quite possible that such things do happen within CCP ranks. The creator in the video explains how certain Chinese actors’ names are sometimes used in questionable business dealings to give them legitimacy, and how the sons of a high-ranking CCP official are allegedly involved in Yu’s state-run talent agency. I don’t believe any government is perfect or free of corrupt individuals.

I just hope this isn’t normal within CCP structures and that it’s just some kind of exception - although honestly I doubt it.
If it is, then I hope the higher-ranking officials will do something about it. Which, again, I doubt.
Evil is not only in the west.

 

[fifty_five]

Evil is not only in the west.

Until now, no one has said that evil is only in the west. So, until now, this statement makes no contextual sense. But there is certainly room for pointless discussions that excite hetero-directed algorithms. Next.

 

[Elisasheva]

Until now, no one has said that evil is only in the west. So, until now, this statement makes no contextual sense. But there is certainly room for pointless discussions that excite hetero-directed algorithms. Next.

I didn't want to fight with anyone. It's just that while we could just discuss this particular case in here - since it's interesting - I see a tendency of warning about western propaganda if there's any news about bad things happening in China while news about bad things happening in the west are taken as proof of the evil west.

 

[meadow_wind]

Now I'm sure that pathology exists in China as well, but with the amount of western sponsored anti-China propaganda that exists, it makes it harder to figure out what is really going on a specific issue.

Thank you for doing the background research on the sources I brought forth. I'm sorry I could not find/share more reliable sources at the moment I was redacting my post.

Let's be clear on 2 things
- Even if those sources are questionable, the facts remain the same: the video of him being tortured is real, his voice has been identified, and this murder is by no means an anti-China propaganda made-up story; it is quite real.

- People reporting on negative things happening in China doesn't automatically equal Western propaganda: there are quite a lot of negative or dark things happening down there.

By the way, David Zhang's other videos did not strike me as "extremely negative". He reports things as they are, by showing videos that were filmed in China, by Chinese people who published them on Chinese social media. They show quite well what to expect and what to avoid if you ever travel to China.

I'm glad that there are sources that focus on reporting the negative sides of China, as well as others that focus on reporting positive things, simply because we need BALANCE. Anything coming out of China that is meant for the international scene has been censored by the CCP. Anything in China that is broadcasted on TV or on the internet is also censored by the CCP, to a certain extent.
It is required to paint a positive, perfect picture that everyhing is "unicorns and rainbows" down there, which is not.

Now, where the CCP often loses control is on Chinese social media. And when a topic flares up, it flares up fast.
And people are used to the censorship, so they often make screenshots or archive certain things locally (phone/computer). Which is why some things are able to leak out of China. They've also mastered the art of speaking cryptically, as well as using homophones (Hanzis that look different but sound the same) and emojis. So someone who doesn't speak Mandarin won't be able to make any sense of it if they try to translate it.

Here's a list of Chinese social media and their equivalent in the West to help understand their online environment. Some of those apps require a Chinese phone # to register an account. WeChat and Weibo are open to international phone #.

WeChat (like WhatsApp/FB Messenger): A super-app for messaging, social networking, payments, and more. Everyone uses it.
Weibo (Twitter), Douyin (TikTok), Xiaohongshu (Instagram), Bilibili (Youtube), Zhihu (Quora)


Here are some other sources that reported on the case for people wanting another perspective or to investigate further.

www.youtube.com/@SOH_TV/playlists
www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDHWLGOFOWaUYH4_2eu9Pg/videos
www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRXrnX2_k7AizFQgsdcqjQ/videos
www.youtube.com/channel/UCLJYH0o60tlyAdy3g5GNrKw/videos

but I suggest you also include the current geopolitical situation in the context.

I'm sorry, but this case has nothing to do with geopolitics, and geopolitics are not needed in the context either, at least not initially.

Now, might some people see an opportunity with this event and use it for their own gain? Maybe... but that was not my main motive when I chose to report this event. As you can see, it's published under the board "Our Orwellian World", not geopolitics.

I chose to report this event because, even though I did not know him nor watch any of his drama, once I heard him screaming and found out what happened to him, the whole situation struck me, and I started feeling sympathy for this poor guy, as well as for all others before him who died in similar circumstances, as it did for millions of other people around the world. These are young people who dreamed/wished to work in a field they love, but got abused instead. I do hope justice will find its way for them all.

If you find some things related to this case that might affect geopolitics, you are welcome to share them. As long as it remains on topic, which is the murder of Yu Menglong 于朦胧 and/or other artists who got murdered/abused, satanic or shamanic rituals, parties involved in this crime, etc.

 

[fifty_five]

I didn't want to fight with anyone. It's just that while we could just discuss this particular case in here - since it's interesting - I see a tendency of warning about western propaganda if there's any news about bad things happening in China while news about bad things happening in the west are taken as proof of the evil west.

I repeat. You have highlighted a position that has not existed until now. What we have had until now is networking, that is, adding points of view without any pedagogical interpretation (lecturing).