Abby Choi murder: hundreds of mourners attend pink-themed Hong Kong funeral service for slain socialite
- Whole ground floor of Po Fook Memorial Hall in Tai Wai draped with pink curtains
- Service held behind closed doors with only close relatives and friends allowed to attend
In a departure from traditional Chinese funerals where black and white are normally used for mourning, the memorial hall for the service was extensively decorated in pink, said to be Choi’s favourite colour.
The whole ground floor of Po Fook Memorial Hall in Tai Wai was draped with pink curtains and decorated with pink and white flowers. Two 1.5-metre-tall (five-foot-tall) photos of the socialite and model were placed at either side of the entrance.
Several huge portraits of the socialite were also positioned inside the hall with wreaths from friends and relatives placed under them. They included ones from friend Moka Fang and her superstar husband Aaron Kwok, singer Calvin Choy Yat-chi of pop group Grasshopper and his wife, and Virginia Lok Yee-ling, a senior executive at broadcaster TVB.
Choi’s partial remains were discovered in a village house in Tai Po in late February, three days after the 28-year-old went missing. Her ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, his parents and brother have been charged in connection with the killing.
The funeral, which started at 4pm, was held behind closed doors and only close relatives and friends could attend. Funeral workers checked the identity of mourners at the entrance amid a heavy police presence.
The Post observed eight coaches dropping off at least 400 mourners at a car park next to the funeral home from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
