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JULIE CHU

A nightclub hostess who vanished from her flat in Kowloon Bay four years ago once told a close friend: if she wanted to disappear, no one could find her, the jury of a murder trial heard yesterday.
Those words were repeated to the brother of the hostess, Chun Ka-yee, during his visit to Hong Kong in early 2012 after losing contact with her.
The brother, Sichuan resident Qin Qun, was testifying at the High Court over the death of his sister Chun, 33, who was allegedly killed on October 6, 2011, in her home at Amoy Gardens. Her body was never recovered.
Defendant Ivan Chan Man-sum, 42, the director of a securities company, denies one count of murder.
Qin told the court that a day before her death, Chun made several cross-border telephone calls to her parents, nephews, sister-in-law and him.
He did not elaborate in court on what Chun told them over the phone that day, but said: "I felt something was unusual."
If I want to disappear, no one can find me
MURDER VICTIM CHUN KA-YEE, AS QUOTED BY HER BROTHER
Since then, they had lost contact with Chun, prompting Qin to come to Hong Kong and look for her friends.
One friend, named Li Xiao-ping, told him Chun once said to her: "If I want to disappear, no one can find me." The brother made a report to Hong Kong police on January 16, 2012.
Chun, who had received education up to primary level in Sichuan, was a girl who did not smoke or drink when she left home for Shenzhen at age 17 to look for work, Qin said.
He was aware when Chun married a truck driver in 2001 - but had no idea her husband applied for her to relocate to Hong Kong or that they later divorced.
Nor did he know Chun worked as a nightclub hostess in Hong Kong.
He only knew Chun had a boyfriend when she last visited home in Sichuan, in July 2011, but she barely talked about it.
Chan's wife discovered her husband's affair with Chun that month, the court heard earlier.
Barrister Daniel Marash SC, for Chan, said Chun was a heavy smoker and an alcoholic. She also had tattoos on her body.
Marash noted that Chun came under a Fanling Court order in 2009 to be bound over for assaulting her boyfriend when she was very drunk.
He also said Chun was diagnosed with severe depression just two days before her death and had suicidal tendencies.
Qin said he had no knowledge of any of Marash's claims, except that he had once seen a tattoo on her body. The trial continues on Monday before Deputy Judge Mr Justice Michael Stuart-Moore.


Nightclub hostess left mysterious words for pal before she was killed, court hears

Sichuan resident Qin Qun, the brother of Chun Ka-yee (above), told the court that a day before her death, Chun made several cross-border telephone calls to her parents, nephews, sister-in-law and him. Photo: SCMP Pictures


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