Kong Hong-kit details body move in Abby Choi trial
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Summary
At Hong Kong’s High Court, defendant Kong Hong-kit (鄺港傑) continued giving evidence in the trial over the death of socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung (蔡天鳳). He said his father, Kong Kau (鄺球), wrapped Choi in a thin blanket, slid her into a plastic box, and that the two then moved the box into the Lung Mei Tsuen village house on the night of 22 February 2023. He also told the court he later saw blood seeping from one end of the blanket inside a transparent box and a wood-cutting power saw with blood on its blade, leading him to believe part of Choi’s body had been dismembered. In separate evidence, he said he only fully confronted what had happened after police told him, following his arrest, that Choi’s remains had been found in the village house
Key Points
- Three defendants — Kong Hong-kit, Kong Kau and Kong Hong-chi — are charged with murdering Abby Choi on 21 February 2023 and preventing her lawful burial between 21 and 23 February 2023
- Kong Hong-kit said that at about 3:30pm on 21 February 2023, he and Kong Kau moved Choi’s body away from a vehicle outside the village house.
- CCTV shown in court indicated he drove away at about 4pm, and he confirmed that more than half an hour later he discarded Choi’s phone at Tai Po Mega Mall.
- He said he later picked up Kong Hong-chi in Tsim Sha Tsui, then his mother Lee Shui-heung and Choi’s daughter in Causeway Bay, before returning to the Kadoorie Hill flat
- He testified that after returning to Lung Mei Tsuen at about 10pm on 22 February, he saw a transparent box, a blood-stained blanket and a power saw, then helped tape up a roughly placed tarpaulin after Kong Kau dragged the box into the living room
Why It Matters
The testimony adds direct courtroom detail about the alleged handling of Abby Choi’s body and the movements of family members across several Hong Kong locations on the day in question. For Hong Kong readers, the evidence is significant because it goes to the prosecution case on both the murder charge and the separate allegation of preventing lawful burial, while also showing how the defendant says his understanding of events changed after arrest.