Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s ex-husband, 2 former in-laws slapped with extra charge of preventing body’s burial
- Choi’s former spouse Alex Kwong, ex-brother-in-law Anthony Kwong and ex-father-in-law Kwong Kau to be tried before High Court over model’s murder, dismemberment
- Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li, to stand trial on one count of perverting course of justice at lower District Court
Hong Kong prosecutors have slapped an additional charge of preventing the lawful burial of a body against slain model Abby Choi Tin-hung’s ex-husband and two of her former in-laws ahead of their trial at the High Court.
Kowloon City Court on Wednesday heard that the Department of Justice had finalised the allegations against the family of Choi’s ex-husband.
The family of four were charged and remanded in custody in late February this year, after 28-year-old Choi’s dismembered remains were discovered in a three-storey village house in Tai Po’s Lung Mei Tsuen.
Choi’s former spouse Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 29, his father Kwong Kau, 66, and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 32, will be tried before a High Court judge and a jury on charges of murder and prevention of the lawful burial of the socialite’s body.
Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li Sui-heung, 64, will stand trial on a count of perverting the course of justice in the lower District Court, where a sentencing cap of seven years of imprisonment applies.
Acting principal magistrate Veronica Heung Shuk-han arranged for the three murder suspects to appear before Eastern Court in late January for their case’s transfer. Li will return to Kowloon City Court on a separate date during the same month.
