Abby Choi’s ex-husband and former in-laws have appeared in court after being charged in connection with her death.
The 28-year-old socialite and model was reported missing on Wednesday and the details of her gruesome killing have shocked Hong Kong where she lived and worked.
Investigators found Ms Choi’s head in a three-storey house on Sunday in a cooking pot, days after her other body parts were found in the same location in a fridge. A meat slicer and an electric saw were also found.
The location was 17 miles from where she was last seen in Kowloon City in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Her ex-husband Alex Kwong, Kwong’s brother Anthony and their father Kwong Kau have all been charged with murder and Kwong’s mother, 63, has been charged with obstruction.
Hong Kong police chief Alan Chung said it is believed Choi and her former in-laws had financial disputes involving “huge sums”.
The elder Kwongs were arrested on Friday and Alex Kwong was intercepted on Saturday while trying to leave the city by boat, police said.
Who was Abby Choi?
Choi was a leading model and influencer in Hong Kong who had found success in the West and appeared at Paris Fashion Week.
The 28-year-old had the Chinese name of Choi Tin-fung but used an English name, Abby – a common practice in Hong Kong and among other Asian people.
She featured on magazine covers, including L’Officiel Monaco and has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram – on which her status reads: “Embracing every moment of life”. She has also featured in Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.
Choi had two children with Alex Kwong whom she married in 2012 – when she was 18 – and gave birth to their daughter that same year. They had a second daughter two years later but divorced in either 2015 or 2016. The two children are now being cared for by Choi’s mother.
She had two further children with her second husband Tam Chuk-Kwan whom she married in 2016.
