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Abby Choi murder: Hong Kong police conduct tests and take measurements at village house ahead of defendants’ court appearance

  • White seven-seater minivan and several items taken to house where more than 10 officers and three forensic evidence officers carried out tests
  • Six defendants charged in case that is set to return to Kowloon Court next Monday

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Hong Kong police gather evidence at a New Territories village house where the dismembered remains of model Abby Choi were discovered. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong police on Monday returned to a New Territories village house where the dismembered remains of model Abby Choi Tin-fung were discovered to gather evidence a week before six defendants in the case are set to appear in court.

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A white seven-seater minivan and several items were brought to Lung Mei Tsuen off Ting Kok Road in Tai Po where more than 10 officers from the Kowloon West regional crime unit and forensic evidence staff carried out tests and took measurements.

A team of officers from the Police Tactical Unit was also called in to cordon off the area, the Post learned. The tests are expected to be completed by about 4pm.

Hong Kong police carry out tests and take measurements at a New Territories village house where the dismembered remains of model Abby Choi were found. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong police carry out tests and take measurements at a New Territories village house where the dismembered remains of model Abby Choi were found. Photo: Jelly Tse

Six defendants charged in the case will return to Kowloon Court next Monday.

The murder came to light in February after police found Choi’s skull, legs and some broken ribs in the ground floor flat of a three-storey village house in Lung Mei Tsuen.

The skull, legs and some broken ribs of model Abby Choi were found in the ground floor flat of a three-storey village house in Lung Mei Tsuen in February. Photo: IG/ xxabbyc
The skull, legs and some broken ribs of model Abby Choi were found in the ground floor flat of a three-storey village house in Lung Mei Tsuen in February. Photo: IG/ xxabbyc

Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 28, his father, Kwong Kau, 65, and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 31, are behind bars on a joint murder charge.

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