Douyin star attacked after editing a video of himself kissing actress Dilraba Dilmurat

Hong Liang, who has 1.1 million followers on Douyin, said that a few of Dilraba Dilmurat's fans in their 20s came to his studio after he uploaded the controversial edit. Photos: Hong Liang/Douyin, Dilraba Dilmurat/Weibo

A popular special effects editor by the name Hong Liang on Douyin – the Chinese version of TikTok – revealed that he was beaten up after editing a video of himself kissing Chinese actress Dilraba Dilmurat..

According to China Press, Hong Liang manipulated a kissing scene between Dilmurat and her co-star Yang Yang in the drama, You Are My Glory, by editing himself into Yang Yang's position.