Abby Choi murder trial to open next Monday
AM730 · 1 SOURCESabout 4 hours ago3 MIN
Summary
The High Court is set to begin hearing the Abby Choi murder and dismemberment case at 9:30am next Monday, September 21, with the trial expected to run for 45 days. Choi, a 28-year-old model and daughter-in-law of the founder of TamJai Yunnan Mixian, disappeared on February 21, 2023 and was later found dead in a village house in Lung Mei Tsuen, Tai Po. Her former husband Kwong Kong-chi, former father-in-law Kwong Kau, and former elder brother-in-law Kwong Kong-kit each face one count of murder and one count of preventing the lawful burial of a body
Key Points
- The three defendants are Kwong Kong-kit, 31, a driver; Kwong Kau, 65, retired; and Kwong Kong-chi, 28, unemployed
- Prosecutors allege they murdered Choi at G/F, 56B Lung Mei Tsuen, Tai Po, on February 21, 2023
- They are also accused of preventing Choi’s lawful burial between February 21 and February 23, 2023
- Police said Choi went missing after being seen at about 2pm on February 21, 2023, before a missing-person notice was issued on February 22
- On February 24, 2023, police found incomplete remains in Lung Mei Tsuen, with some limbs believed cooked and some stored in a refrigerator
- Police also searched the Ta Kwu Ling landfill and Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery area because some of Choi’s remains were still missing at the time. The report said there had been media accounts citing sources that Choi had earlier bought a luxury Kadoorie Hill property in Ho Man Tin under her former father-in-law’s name for her former husband’s family to live in, and that a planned sale led to disputes over ownership and suspected financial conflict. After the case, Kwong Kong-chi was arrested while allegedly trying to flee at Tung Chung Pier
- Two other people, yacht company employee Lam Shun and influencer Poon Hau-yin, were convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and in June 2025 were each jailed for six months for allegedly helping Kwong Kong-chi leave Hong Kong illegally between February 24 and 25, 2023, together with a woman named Lo Hiu-hung. Separately, Kwong Kong-chi admitted in 2024 to six theft charges and one count of failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody while on bail, and was sentenced to 42 months in prison. Choi’s former mother-in-law, Lee Shui-heung, the mother of Kwong Kong-chi, was convicted of intending to pervert the course of justice for concealing the whereabouts of her wanted son after the case and was jailed for 18 months in October 2025
Why It Matters
The trial is one of Hong Kong’s most closely watched criminal proceedings because it moves a high-profile case from investigation into a full High Court hearing with multiple defendants and serious charges. For local readers, the case also draws attention to alleged efforts to evade justice after the killing, including an alleged escape attempt and later convictions linked to assisting a suspect