Kong names brother as Abby Choi’s killer
SingTao · 9 SOURCESabout 24 hours ago8 MIN
Summary
On the 35th day of the High Court trial over the death of socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung, first defendant Kwong Kong-kit (鄺港傑) continued his defence evidence and was asked directly whether he knew who killed Choi. After initially pausing, he told the court it was his younger brother, co-accused Kwong Kong-chi, while also saying he himself did not kill Choi and did not know in advance that she would be killed that day. He further maintained that purchases made in early February 2023, including storage boxes, cable ties, ropes and household goods, were linked to his father Kwong Kau’s new Lung Mei Tsuen rental and a planned fence outside the village house. He also said his father had described a pot and a silver machine bought in Shanghai Street as partly for home use and partly for a friend’s shop, and that he never saw the Italian meat grinder inside the Lung Mei Tsuen unit.
Key Points
- Kwong Kong-kit, 35, Kwong Kau, 69, and Kwong Kong-chi, 32, are charged with murdering Choi on February 21, 2023, at 56B Lung Mei Tsuen, Tai Po, and with preventing lawful burial between February 21 and 23; all deny murder but admit the burial-related charge.
- Asked in court about February 21, Kwong Kong-kit said he did not kill Choi, did not know she would be killed or seriously harmed, and then identified “my younger brother” Kwong Kong-chi as the killer; reports said Kwong Kau wiped away tears while Kwong Kong-chi remained calm.
- Kwong Kong-kit said he visited the Lung Mei Tsuen unit four times before the alleged killing — on February 6, 9, 11 and 13 — mainly to have dinner with his father, and on February 11 he brought Kwong Kong-chi there while waiting during a child’s 90-minute tennis class in Sha Tin.
- He said Kwong Kau asked him to buy the same storage boxes used at his Tsuen Wan home, so on February 7 he went to Ikea at MegaBox and bought wheeled storage boxes; he said sealed plastic bags were added on his own initiative because he thought the new house might need them.
- Describing a February 8 meeting in Shanghai Street, he said he saw a pot and a silver machine being moved toward the vehicle, and Kwong Kau said some items were for the house and some for a friend’s shop; Kwong Kong-kit added that he later bought cable ties, nylon rope, hemp rope, gloves and other items because his father wanted materials to build a fence outside the village house, and he denied using cable ties to measure his wrist.
Why It Matters
Kwong Kong-kit’s accusation against a co-defendant marks a major turn in the defence case and sharpens the jury’s task of assessing credibility among close family members facing the same murder trial. His explanations for the pre-incident purchases also go directly to whether the items seen in surveillance footage were ordinary household and renovation supplies or evidence of planning, an issue central to the murder counts that all three men contest.