Abby Choi murder trial opens at High Court

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Key Points

• The three defendants are former husband Kwong Kong-chi (鄺港智), former father-in-law Kwong Kau (鄺球), and former brother-in-law Kwong Kong-kit (鄺港傑), who each face one count of murder and one count of preventing lawful burial1
• The charges allege they murdered Choi at G/F, 56B Lung Mei Tsuen, Tai Po on February 21, 2023, and between February 21 and 23 prevented the lawful burial of her body1
• The defendants were brought to the High Court in a prison van, wore masks, appeared calm, used interpretation headsets, and were guarded by correctional officers1
• Jury selection had not formally begun by late morning because legal procedures still had to be dealt with, according to the court update1
• Deputy High Court Judge Queeny Au Yeung-fai imposed an order barring disclosure of information that could identify Choi’s four children1
• Police said Choi disappeared after last being seen at about 2pm on February 21, 2023, and a missing-person notice was issued the next day.1 On February 24, officers found incomplete remains at Lung Mei Tsuen in Tai Po, believing the body had been dismembered; some limbs had allegedly been cooked, cooking tools were found at the scene, and some remains were placed in a refrigerator.1 Because some remains were still missing, police also searched the Ta Kwu Ling landfill and Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery1
• The report said earlier media accounts had cited a luxury Kadoorie Hill property in Ho Man Tin, bought by Choi and held in the name of her former father-in-law for the use of her former husband’s family, as a possible source of dispute when she planned to sell it.1 Those reports said arguments over ownership and money were suspected as a possible motive1
• The wider case has already led to other convictions. After the killing, Kwong Kong-chi was arrested while allegedly trying to flee at Tung Chung Pier.1 Yacht company employee Lam Shun and influencer Poon Hau-yin were convicted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice for allegedly helping Kwong leave Hong Kong illegally with another woman, Lo Hiu-hung, between February 24 and 25, 2023, and were each jailed for six months in June 2025.1 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 2025.1 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 in an earlier case, and was sentenced to 42 months in prison1

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