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    Hong Kong model killed, body parts found in refrigerator

    Hong Kong model killed, body parts found in refrigerator


    By Associated Press
    7:31am Feb 25, 2023




    The former in-laws of a Hong Kong model are under arrest after her body parts were found in a refrigerator days after she disappeared, police said Saturday.

    Police are searching for her ex-husband but have arrested his parents and brother, according to Police Superintendent Alan Chung. They will face murder charges.

    Chung said the woman was 28 years old and a model whose surname was “Choi.” He did not disclose her full identity but the South China Morning Post identified her as model Abby Choi.

    Abby Choi was found dead and dismembered in a Hong Kong apartment. (Instagram)READ MORE: Massive fire erupts at Sydney petrol station after reports of explosions

    Chung said authorities believe the 28-year-old woman had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with her ex-husband and his family and that “some people” were unhappy with how Choi handled her financial assets.

    After breaking into a village house rented by the father of the victim's ex-husband Friday afternoon, officers discovered two legs that belonged to a woman in the refrigerator as well as the victim's identity card, credit cards and other items in the house, Chung said.

    “Police also have found that the flat was arranged by cold-blooded killers meticulously,” he said. “Tools that are used to dismember human bodies were found in the flat, including meat grinders, chainsaws, long raincoats, gloves, and masks.”




    Human tissues were found in pots of soup, Chung said. Police were not able to locate the victim's head, torso or hands at the scene.

    Chung said the house was rented by her ex-husband's father only a few weeks ago.

    https://www.9news.com.au/world/hong-kong-model-killed-body-parts-found-in-refrigerator/ca48bab5-4a70-4101-b4ee-308d78cb7478






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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    Human tissues were found in pots of soup,..
    Why?

    Little more about the news

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    Update

    Choi's ex-husband has reportedly been arrested




    Hong Kong police have made four arrests over the gruesome murder of a 28-year-old model. She was dismembered after a financial dispute with her ex-husband's family, authorities said on Saturday (Feb 25).

    The partial remains of well-known influencer Abby Choi, who last week appeared on the digital cover of fashion magazine L'Officiel Monaco, were found in a village house set up as a butchery site, police said.

    "We are still looking for the head," superintendent Alan Chung told reporters, after disclosing that a woman's limbs had been discovered inside a refrigerator.

    The house was equipped with an electric saw and a meat grinder that had been used to mince human flesh, Chung said.

    "Two pots of stew believed to contain human tissue" were left at the scene, he added.

    Choi's ex-husband has reportedly been arrested, according to the South China Morning Post, which cited a source saying he was possibly looking to flee by speedboat.

    Police earlier arrested his father, mother and elder brother. They will face murder charges.

    "We believe the victim and her ex-husband's family had many financial disputes involving huge sums," Chung said.

    "Someone was dissatisfied with how the victim handled her assets, which became a motive to kill."

    She was allegedly last seen by her ex-husband's brother, who also worked as her chauffeur. According to the South China Morning Post, the two were believed to be heading to pick up her daughter. She was reported missing after she did not collect the child.

    Police said the family had earlier lied to mislead investigators.

    The village house where Choi's remains were found had been recently rented and was unfurnished - suggesting it was set up to dispose of her body, said superintendent Chung.

    According to the Post, Choi's former father-in-law is believed to be the mastermind of the murder as he was unhappy over her handling of a luxury property in the exclusive Kadoorie Hill neighbourhood in Ho Man Tin.

    The report added that divers have been deployed to search for missing body parts at a water catchment area at Tseung Kwan O cemetery.
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    Body parts of missing model Abby Choi found in Hong Kong, ex-husband and family arrested

    Four people were arrested for the murder and dismemberment of model and influencer Abby Choi after parts of her body were found in a Hong Kong rental unit, local police said Saturday.

    Choi’s ex-husband, 28-year-old Alex Kwong, was arrested early Saturday afternoon at a ferry terminal on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

    He was carrying 500,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash (approximately $63,700) and several luxury watches worth about HK$4 million ($510,000), according to The South China Morning Post. Investigators believe he was trying to flee Hong Kong when arrested.

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    Police find ‘missing head, some ribs’ of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi in ‘big soup pot’

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    Update: All of them were denied bail.




    Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi's ex-husband and former in-laws appeared in court after being charged in connection with her murder.

    Those charged include her ex-husband Alex Kwong, Kwong's brother Anthony and their father Kwong Kau.

    Kwong's mother, 63, has been charged with obstructing the case. All of them were denied bail.

    The 28-year-old was reported missing on Wednesday - the grisly details of her murder have shocked Hong Kong.

    This story contains details some readers may find distressing.

    Choi's head was found in a three-storey house in the rural Tai Po district on Sunday, days after her other body parts were found in the same location - roughly 27km (17 miles) from where she was last seen in Kowloon City on Tuesday.

    A meat slicer and an electric saw were also found at the scene.

    Police superintendent Alan Chung told AFP that it is believed Choi and her former in-laws had many financial disputes involving "huge sums".

    Alex Kwong was arrested on Saturday while trying to leave the city by boat, police said. His parents and elder brother were detained a day earlier.

    Choi had two children with Alex Kwong.

    She had recently appeared on the cover of L'Officiel Monaco - a fashion and luxury lifestyle magazine - and is reported to have been a well-known socialite in Hong Kong.

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    Hong Kong police began searching a landfill Tuesday for evidence related to the grisly killing of model Abby Choi, whose dismembered body parts were found in a refrigerator and pots.

    Ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murder after police found her remains in a house rented by Kwong Kau in a suburban part of Hong Kong near the border with mainland China. Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li, faces one count of perverting the course of justice. All four were detained without bail.

    They have not yet entered their pleas, and it does not appear that their lawyers have commented on the case to the media. The hearing was adjourned until May.

    On Tuesday morning, more than 100 officers wearing protective gear went to North East New Territories Landfill in Ta Kwu Ling, about a 15-minute drive from mainland China, to search for the missing body parts with excavators and shovels. Police had said earlier they were still looking for her hands and torso.

    “The suspects threw away several bags of important evidence in the morning of Feb. 22. They may be some human body parts or they could be the clothes and the phone of the victim, or even the weapons,” Superintendent Alan Chung told reporters.

    Chung said they could not find anything substantial yet, other than bones, which police could not ascertain if they belonged to a human or animals.

    Choi's family, dressed in black, gathered near the house where her body parts were found to pay respects. They earlier visited a mortuary to identify her. Some mourners were emotional but the family did not appear to have responded to reporters' questions.

    Alex Kwong appeared in another court Tuesday for a previous theft case, where he jumped bail.

    Choi, who had more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, disappeared Feb. 21, according to a report filed later with the Hong Kong Police. Her last post was Feb. 19, featuring a photo shoot she had done with fashion magazine L’Officiel Monaco.

    Choi had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars (millions of dollars) with her ex-husband and his family, police said, adding that “some people” were unhappy with how Choi handled her finances.

    The gruesome killing has transfixed many in Hong Kong and across the border in mainland China, since the self-governed southern Chinese city has a very low level of violent crime.

    Choi's friend Bernard Cheng earlier said he initially thought she had been kidnapped.

    “I haven't imagined a person who's so good, so full of love, so innocent, a person who doesn't do anything bad will be killed like this,” he said. “My heart is still heavy. I can't sleep well.”

    Cheng said Choi had four children, aged between 3 and 10. Alex Kwong, 28, was the father of the older two, who are being taken care of by Choi's mother. Choi had remarried to Chris Tam, father of the younger children, who are staying with his family.

    Choi had good relationships with her family, including her in-laws, Cheng said, and would travel with the families of her current and former husbands together.

    While violent crime is rare in Hong Kong, the case recalls a handful of other shocking killings. In 2013, a man killed his parents and their heads were later found in refrigerators. In another infamous 1999 case, a woman was kidnapped and tortured by three members of an organized crime group before her death. Her skull was later found stuffed in a Hello Kitty doll.

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    Former husband of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi appears in court for 7 cases of alleged theft over last decade


    • 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
    • Incidents span last eight to 10 years and occurred at locations such as Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, as well as Harbour Plaza Metropolis hotel in Hung Hom

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    Jaysus . . . that is nasty

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    Mr. Kwong appears to be yet another extremely dumb criminal. Interesting how the deceased had 4 kids and was still a very much in demand model.
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    how is that interesting or even germane to the case?

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    Socialite’s Death Shows Hong Kong Property Market’s Dark Side

    A gruesome death is sending shockwaves across Hong Kong, a city known for its safety and low crime rates.

    The 28-year-old socialite and model, Abby Choi, met her untimely end over what was believed to be a luxury apartment she had bought under the name of her former father-in-law. When she planned to sell the 1,820 square foot flat, purchased for over HK$70 million ($8.9 million) in late 2019, the family reportedly objected. To local residents’ horror, the killers allegedly used the recipe for traditional Cantonese slow-cooked soup to dispose of her body.

    While sad and shocking, her death shines a light on the government’s controversial housing policy. Hong Kong’s property market is not only one of the world’s least affordable, but the most expensive to transact in if you happen to be a foreigner or a second-home buyer.

    At issue are the different tax rates the government charges. In 2016, in an effort to tame soaring home prices, Hong Kong raised the stamp duty for non-first-time buyers to 15%, while capping taxes for the rest at 4.25%. With a tax bill of over HK$7 million at stake, Choi, who already had another luxury unit in the city, reportedly listed her former father-in-law as the official owner of that flat. It seems that trust was misplaced.

    The 15% stamp duty is by no means a problem restricted to the ultra-wealthy. After the global financial crisis, those wanting to save for retirement found that they had few options. Banks’ deposit rates were too low, while the stock market did not offer a healthy upward trend witnessed in the US. Meanwhile, homeowners wanting to invest in property balked at the exorbitant 15% tax. The temptation is to use a cousin or a close friend as the title holder of a second property; and that opens up the potential for future conflict and abuse.

    Choi’s tragic end thus raises the question of whether the second-home stamp duty, which has been in place for more than six years, is due for a policy revisit. The speculative frenzy is gone. After 13 years of capital gains, home prices in Hong Kong fell 15.6% last year. Meanwhile, with the double whammy of interest rate-hikes and a population exodus, the outlook for this year is still cloudy. This perhaps explains why Choi wanted to sell that luxury flat — it was purchased in late 2019 as an investment and she was merely cutting losses. (In Hong Kong, the cost of selling a flat diminishes after a three-year holding period.)

    Hong Kong’s unaffordable property market is a big problem, but chief executive John Lee seems to have found a solution. He is pushing ahead with public housing, vowing to cut the wait time for families in need from six years to 4.5 by 2027. Last week, his administration trimmed the stamp duty for cheaper homes. It was well-timed, because the city’s developers are selling a lot of new flats this year. Some already resorted to price cuts to boost their sales.

    So if the administration can keep the lower middle class happy, why not cut the transaction cost for second-home owners too? It does not need to continue punishing the relatively wealthy.

    With Covid Zero gone, Hong Kong wants to rebuild its reputation as Asia’s most prominent financial hub. Lowering real estate fees is a start. Just as one does not expect hedge fund managers or socialites in Miami to own just one home, that should not be the base case in Hong Kong either. In a way, the government’s 15% stamp duty contributed to Choi’s demise.

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    5th (Ms Choi’s former father-in-law – identified just by Ng or her nickname Yung Yung) and 6th (surnamed Lam, allegedly tried to help one of the other suspects flee Hong Kong by water)




    The investigation into the shocking murder of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi has led police to arrest a sixth suspect.

    Twenty-eight-year-old Choi’s dismembered body was recovered last week, two days after she was reported missing. Her remains were recovered from a refrigerator after police broke into a house in the village of Lung Mei Village in Tai Po, a Hong Kong suburb.

    The 41-year-old suspect, surnamed Lam, allegedly tried to help one of the other suspects flee Hong Kong by water. Police said he was trying to help them for a fee of HK$100,000 ($12,738.9).

    The local media reported that Mr Lam is an employee of a yacht rental company in Hong Kong. He allegedly tried to help 28-year-old Alex Kwong, Choi’s ex-husband – and a suspect in the murder case – escape Hong Kong in a speedboat on 25 February.

    The suspect was arrested in Sheung Wan in central Hong Kong.

    Apart from Choi’s ex-husband, his brother Anthony Kwong, 31 and their father Kwong Kau, 65, have been charged with murder.

    Her mother-in-law Jenny Li, 63, was charged with preventing the course of justice. The police have also arrested the mistress of Ms Choi’s former father-in-law – identified just by Ng or her nickname Yung Yung by local media – and are investigating if she knew about the case.

    The four were denied bail by the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court earlier this week and their case was adjourned to 8 May.

    Police discovered a skull, ribs, and hair, believed to be Choi’s remains, from a large stainless steel soup pot inside the house. The body parts were taken for forensic testing to determine if they belonged to Choi.

    Police said a property dispute is a possible murder motive for the crime that has attracted international attention.

    Police suspect Choi was first attacked inside a van, which has been seized as evidence, before she was taken home in an unconscious state.

    “There’s a hole on the right side rear on the skull, so the pathologist believes that that should be the fatal attack on the victim,” the officer said.

    The model had financial disputes running into tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with her ex-husband and his family, police said earlier, adding that “some people” were unhappy with how she handled her financial assets.

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    Man who helped alleged murderer in Abby Choi case escape granted bail




    A 41-year-old man suspected of trying to help an alleged murderer in the gruesome killing of model Abby Choi Tin-fung to escape by sea out of Hong Kong was granted bail at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on Monday.

    Lam Shun, a friend of Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 28, was previously arrested in Sheung Wan for assisting Kwong to abscond.

    Lam was said to have received a reward of HK$300,000 to help Kwong, who is wanted for the killing of Choi.

    He was not required to enter plea this morning and the magistrate adjourned his case to May 8. He was granted a HK$50,000 cash bail and was banned from leaving Hong Kong. He must also report to police twice every week.

    According to court documents, Lam, a staff of a yacht company, was charged that on February 24, at somewhere in Hong Kong whereas Alex Kwong Kong-chi had committed an arrestable offense, namely murder, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offense or of some other arrestable offence, did, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, arrange yacht for the escape of Kwong, to Macau with intent to impede the apprehension or prosecution of Kwong.

    Separately, the DNA tests confirmed the skull and two legs police found in the Tai Po village house belonged to Choi, according to sources. But other body parts of her have yet to be found.

    Read more: Another man arrested in gruesome killing of model

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    Woman arrested in killing, dismemberment of model Abby Choi in Hong Kong — the 7th person linked to the crime

    A woman accused of assisting a suspect in the gruesome killing and dismemberment of model Abby Choi in Hong Kong has been arrested in mainland China, Hong Kong police said Tuesday.

    The arrest of the 29-year-old woman brought the total number of people allegedly involved in the case to seven. Police said they suspect she assisted another suspect and then fled to mainland China. She was handed over to Hong Kong authorities at Shenzhen Bay Port on Tuesday, they said.




    Abby Choi murder: influencer arrested in mainland China and handed over to Hong Kong police

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    So many people involved with this gruesome murder! Makes the mind boggle.

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    Hundreds of people are losing their life daily in Ukraine and Syria and yet this is the shit we are presenteed for consumption. We should all give our collective heads a shake. People who live in that lane of life often die in the lane. I have not an ounce of interest in hearing about it. Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by russellsimpson View Post
    Hundreds of people are losing their life daily in Ukraine and Syria and yet this is the shit we are presenteed for consumption. We should all give our collective heads a shake. People who live in that lane of life often die in the lane. I have not an ounce of interest in hearing about it. Cheers
    Life goes on, or in this case it doesn't, elsewhere. This in no way negates the murderous scum that invaded Ukraine and is murdering civilians on the orders of the megalomaniac Putin.

    Also . . . you have the option not to read, let alone write, about this or other issues that may detract from the war crimes in Ukraine.

    Here we have death and destruction by cyclones and earthquakes, carnage on the roads and people beaten to death by teenagers for a minor fender-bender . . . more than enough to occupy ourselves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by russellsimpson View Post
    Hundreds of people are losing their life daily in Ukraine and Syria and yet this is the shit we are presenteed for consumption. We should all give our collective heads a shake. People who live in that lane of life often die in the lane. I have not an ounce of interest in hearing about it. Cheers

    So tell me what you have done for the people of Syria and Ukraine then…

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    Property listing shows Abby Choi’s luxury flat that may have caused her death sold for $12.5m

    A high-end apartment that reportedly triggered the murder of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi appears to have been sold for HK$72.8 million (S$12.5 million), according to a property portal.

    It was not clear when the apartment, which was originally listed for sale on the portal with an asking price of around HK$67 million, was sold. Midland Realty, the property portal owner, declined to reveal more information.

    On Monday, the mother of Ms Choi filed a writ to forbid her daughter’s former father-in-law, Kwong Kau, from selling the 1,820 sq ft luxury flat that Ms Choi allegedly bought under his name.

    On behalf of Ms Choi, Ms Cheung Yin Fa asked the court to rule that her daughter’s alleged killer, Kwong, 65, is only a trustee of the 1/F 117 Kadoorie Avenue property located in the exclusive Kadoorie Hill neighbourhood in Ho Man Tin, and has no right to sell or deal with it, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).

    Ms Choi, 28, was found killed and dismembered at a village house in Tai Po on Feb 24.

    Kwong, a former police officer, reportedly masterminded the murder as he was upset when Ms Choi wanted to sell the Kadoorie property.

    The writ filed by Ms Cheung sought to declare Ms Choi as the beneficial owner of the seven-year-old four-bedroom apartment that comes with a balcony.

    It was reportedly bought for at least HK$70 million in 2019, according to local media reports. The cost of the apartment includes a HK$3 million stamp duty fee.

    “(Kwong) holds or held his legal title in the property on trust for (Choi) or is being estopped from denying (Choi’s) interest,” the writ said.

    Ms Cheung also sought to restrain Kwong from selling, transferring, charging or dealing with the flat without her prior consent or knowledge.

    While the sales contract for the apartment was reportedly signed by Kwong, making him the legal owner of the property, it was Ms Choi who bought the unit and made the full payment as at October 2019. She was said to have done so to save more than HK$7 million in stamp duty.

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    Mother of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi seeks court injunction to stop murder suspect from selling HK$73 million luxury flat

    Cheung Yin-fa files writ at High Court to restrain model’s former father-in-law Kwong Kau from selling flat in exclusive neighbourhood

    Writ seeks to declare Abby Choi as beneficial owner of 1,820 sq ft home

    The mother of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi Tin-fung has sought a court injunction to forbid the socialite’s former father-in-law from selling a HK$73 million (US$9.4 million) luxury flat her daughter allegedly bought under his name.

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    Quote Originally Posted by russellsimpson View Post
    Hundreds of people are losing their life daily in Ukraine and Syria and yet this is the shit we are presenteed for consumption. We should all give our collective heads a shake. People who live in that lane of life often die in the lane. I have not an ounce of interest in hearing about it. Cheers
    Fuck of to the Ukraine thread.

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    Abby Choi murder: Officials, villagers hold Taoist ceremony outside crime scene to pay respects to slain model

    Hong Kong rural officials and villagers from Lung Mei Tsuen have gathered for a Taoist ceremony outside the house where some of slain model Abby Choi Tin-fung’s body parts were found to pacify her soul and offer comfort to one another.

    Around 40 people, consisting of Tai Po Rural Committee members, village leaders and a dozen local residents, assembled on Friday (March 10) morning to burn incense and observe customary rituals performed by Taoist priests.

    Members of Choi’s family did not attend the event.

    Lung Mei Tsuen village leader Chan Kwok-ying said Friday’s ceremony, which started at 10am and will last until 6pm, was initiated by the committee and other district-based groups to grant Choi’s spirit peace and help alleviate the emotional toll on the local community.

    “The case has had a huge impact on our villagers. We hope the ceremony will help give comfort to our villagers,” Chan said.

    Fellow village leader Chan Tin-sung, who is an indigenous inhabitant of the area, said the ceremony was open to all residents of Lung Mei Tsuen, as well as those living nearby.

    Some villagers had already sought help for emotional problems, including two or three struggling with severe trauma and insomnia, he added.

    Chan said village leaders last week organised a counselling session for residents with help from Hong Kong Red Cross and other groups, and would organise another one if needed.

    “We hope our villagers’ mood will be calmed and they can live peacefully,” he said.

    The ceremony’s attendees included Tai Po Rural Committee member Patrick Tang Ming-tai, who said the organisation had appealed to some 180 village leaders in the district to join the event to pay their respects to Choi and support local residents.

    Wong Pik-kiu, a fellow committee member, said some villagers who lived close to the crime scene had become so scared they had moved out.

    “The murder case has dealt a huge impact on residents. We want to do something to make them live with a peaceful mind,” she said.

    Villager Andy Cheng, who arrived at the ceremony early to pay his respects to Choi, said the impact of the socialite’s murder still lingered on in the community, with few people willing to go out at night.

    The incident had also harmed business for nearby restaurants, with many patrons cancelling their bookings after details of the murder became public, he said.

    Cheng added that some prospective buyers had backed out of plans to purchase houses in the village, while many tenants in the area had asked for lower rents.

    “We have lived through the years-long Covid-19 pandemic and now have to go through this. Hopefully the impact will fade away,” he said.

    A fellow villager surnamed Leung said he had gone to the ceremony to pay respects and find some relief for his own mental anguish.

    The 50-year-old, who works in retail, explained that he felt distressed by the thought of living so close to the crime scene.

    “I hope the culprits will be brought to justice as soon as possible,” he said.

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