Last days of Abby Choi: timeline of Hong Kong model murder plot linked to suspected property dispute
- 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
- Post charts events leading up to socialite’s death and movements of murder suspects in days after
The tragic death of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has attracted worldwide media attention over the past week, as four of her former in-laws were remanded in custody without bail on Monday in connection with her murder.
Almost a week after the model was reported missing, police continue to search for the last of Choi’s missing remains. The force on Sunday discovered a skull and several ribs believed to belong to the victim inside a large soup pot from a village house in Tai Po.
A source earlier said the murder was believed to be linked to a dispute between Choi, her jobless ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi and his family over a property worth tens of millions of dollars in the exclusive Kadoorie Hill neighbourhood in Ho Man Tin.
A police probe showed the 28-year-old socialite, who later married the son of a popular chain restaurant founder, had planned to sell the property, which she had bought under the name of her former father-in-law.
Despite promising to resettle her ex-husband and his family elsewhere, the decision was said to have sparked fierce opposition from her ex-father-in-law, who had several arguments with her.
The Post charts the period leading up to Choi’s death and the days that followed.
