In-law’s anger over HK$72 million flat sale drove murder of Abby Choi, court hears

Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s former father-in-law enlisted his two sons to help him murder the 28-year-old and dispose of her dismembered body after…

Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s former father-in-law enlisted his two sons to help him murder the 28-year-old and dispose of her dismembered body after he became “extremely resentful and angry” over her insistence on selling a HK$72 million (US$9.2 million) flat where he was living, a court has heard.

The prosecution on Wednesday began delivering its opening statements in what is expected to be an eight-week High Court trial over the influencer’s murder and the illegal disposal of her body in a Tai Po village house in February 2023.

Choi’s ex-husband, Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 31, and his elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 35, pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of Choi’s body between February 21 and 23.

Their father, retired police sergeant Kwong Kau, 68, pleaded not guilty to the same offence. All three defendants deny murdering Choi.