‘Hong Kong police to search landfill on Tuesday in hunt for Abby Choi’s missing body parts’
- More than 100 officers will comb New Territories site in renewed effort sparked by review of security camera footage
- Four of her former family members, arrested for their roles in the murder, were remanded in custody without bail after appearing before court on Monday
More than 100 police officers wearing protective gear will carry out the grim task of combing through a Hong Kong landfill on Tuesday as they continue their search for missing body parts of dismembered socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung, the Post has learned.
The massive operation was ordered after a review of security camera footage near the crime scene in a Tai Po village allegedly showed a suspect moving bags from the flat where parts of her body were found to a nearby refuse collection area, a source on Monday said.
The video captured the movements on Wednesday, a day after the 28-year-old model was reported missing.
A skull and several ribs believed to belong to the victim were discovered in a large soup pot seized from the property in Lung Mei Tsuen on Friday.
Two female legs were also found inside a refrigerator in the flat. Choi’s torso and hands are among the body parts yet to be recovered.
“It is possible the bags were carrying her clothes, the victim’s body parts or other evidence,” the insider familiar with the case said.
He said rubbish collected at the refuse collection point was sent to the North East New Territories Landfill in Ta Kwu Ling.