Abby Choi trial hears rental flat deception details
SCMP · 1 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Hong Kong’s High Court heard further prosecution evidence in the fourth week of the trial over the killing of socialite and influencer Abby Choi Tin-fung, who was 28 when she died on February 21, 2023. Three of Choi’s former in-laws — ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, his father Kwong Kau and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit — are on trial for murder. The court was told Kwong Kau rented a ground-floor village flat in Tai Po’s Lung Mei under false pretences and asked whether there were surveillance cameras inside when he signed the lease on February 5, 2023. Earlier evidence also showed he admitted buying a commercial meat mincer, a 14-by-14-inch soup pot, a wooden chopping board and a frying sieve for HK$8,700 after visiting a kitchenware supplier in Yau Ma Tei
Key Points
- Prosecutors allege the rented flat was part of preparations for Choi’s killing and the disposal of her body before remains were found there on February 24, 2023
- Landlady Hui Yan-yan said Kwong Kau claimed he wanted the flat for retirement time with his wife after leaving the police force
- Hui testified Kwong also said his son, daughter-in-law and their children were returning from Australia and would live at his Mong Kok home
- The judge rejected Hui’s account that a listed contact was Kwong’s mistress, ruling that part of her evidence was hearsay
- Choi’s head and legs were among dismembered remains discovered in the 600 square foot ground-floor flat of a three-storey Lung Mei house
Why It Matters
The testimony gives the public a clearer picture of how prosecutors say the alleged murder and disposal plan was organised, including the use of a rented village property and purchased equipment. For Hong Kong readers, the case remains one of the city’s most closely watched criminal trials because the court is now testing detailed evidence about planning, concealment and the handling of human remains