Abby Choi murder: influencer charged by Hong Kong police after arrest in mainland China
- Suspect, 29, handed over to Hong Kong police at border control point after being arrested in Shenzhen
- Woman suspected of helping to arrange boat so victim’s ex-husband could flee city, according to source
A Hong Kong influencer has been charged after allegedly trying to help a suspect in the murder of model Abby Choi Tin-fung flee the city, after mainland Chinese authorities arrested her and handed her to local police.
The influencer, 29 and surnamed Pun, was handed over at the Shenzhen Bay border control point at about 11am on Tuesday, a source familiar with the case said. She became the seventh person detained over the slaying of the socialite late last month.
The insider said the woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting a suspect in relation to the case, adding that she was a friend of Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi.
“She was suspected of helping to arrange a boat to help the victim’s ex-husband flee the city,” the source said, adding that police were investigating if she was offered money for her role.
At about 5.30pm, the woman, who had around 35,000 Instagram followers, was escorted back to her flat, which she shares with her mother, at the luxury Cullinan private housing estate in West Kowloon for a search.
Hong Kong police sought help from their mainland counterparts to track down the woman after learning that she had left the city for neighbouring Guangdong province.
The source said the woman was arrested in Shenzhen. After being handed over to detectives from the Kowloon West regional crime unit at the border checkpoint, the suspect was escorted to Tin Shui Wai Police Station.