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Hong Kong model and influencer Abby Choi Tin-fung’s partial remains were discovered in a village house in Tai Po’s Lung Mei Tsuen on February 24, 2023, three days after the 28-year-old went missing. Alex Kwong Kong-chi, her former husband, his parents, Kwong Kau and Jenny Li Sui-heung, and brother, Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, have all been charged in connection with the gruesome killing.
- Properties with links to murder, suicide and tragedy can also impact prices of neighbouring flats, as grisly reputations hard to forget
- Unlike private buyers, those in public rental queues have no qualms taking flats with sad history
Housing chief pledges to review eligibility rules under Home Ownership Scheme to close loophole that allows wealthy public housing tenants to buy subsidised flats.
Seven suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the murder of Choi.
Around 40 people, including members of Tai Po Rural Committee, gather to observe rituals to pacify slain socialite’s soul and offer comfort to one another.
Irene Pun appears in Kowloon City Court to face charge of assisting offender with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution.
Cheung Yin-fa files writ at the High Court in Hong Kong to restrain Abby Choi’s former father-in-law Kwong Kau from selling HK$73 million flat in exclusive neighbourhood.
Suspect, 29, handed over to Hong Kong police at border control point after being arrested in Shenzhen.
Kwong Kau had HK$73 million property in his name when purchasing subsidised flat sparking concerns about loopholes in policy.
Insider says DNA testing of skull and legs found at village house in Lung Mei Tsuen confirms remains belong to 28-year-old Choi.
Lam Shun, 41, appears at Kowloon City Court on a charge of assisting an offender with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution.
Man arrested alleged to have tried to organise Choi’s ex-husband’s escape by sea for HK$300,000 (US$38,000).
Police used GPS records of seven-seater car carrying slain model to track down village house where 28-year-old was dismembered, source says
Police are also searching a landfill in Ta Kwu Ling for the missing body parts of Abby Choi, but in vain so far.
Alex Kwong charged with seven counts of theft, involving alleged stealing of 39 necklaces, 32 bracelets, 13 gold bars, 102 gold grains, six pendants, 10 taels of gold.
First day of search failed to uncover new evidence, with force expecting operation to continue till Thursday.
Look into Kwong Kau’s properties finds 65-year-old owns 291 sq ft subsidised flat at Sheung Man Court in Kwai Chung and 1,820 sq ft flat in Kadooria housing complex bought for about HK$73 million.
Harrow International School doing ‘everything we can to support’ child of slain socialite Abby Choi, it says.
Murder of model Abby Choi has caught media attention worldwide, with her former in-laws remanded in custody on charges of murder, perverting course of justice.
More than 100 officers will comb New Territories site in renewed effort sparked by review of security camera footage.
Body parts discovered in one of two large soup pots police found on Friday at village house in Tai Po.
Hong Kong is listed as one of the safest cities in the world – but it has not been totally free of gruesome killings over the years.
The 28-year-old influencer’s head, torso and hands are still missing; police say murder was ‘premeditated’.
Former husband of Abby Choi now focus of citywide manhunt, while ex-brother-in-law and former parents-in-laws arrested.