Hong Kong: The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong mannequin had been detained Monday (Feb 27) on expenses in her killing after police discovered physique components in a fridge and a pot. The case has gripped many in a Chinese territory the place any violent crime is uncommon. Ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong had been charged with murdering mannequin Abby Choi a day earlier. Alex Kwong’s mom, Jenny Li, faces one rely of perverting the course of justice. None of the 4 was granted bail.
Choi, a 28-year-old mannequin with greater than 100,000 followers on Instagram, disappeared Feb. 21, in accordance with a report filed later with the Hong Kong Police. Her final submit was Feb. 19, that includes a photograph shoot she had accomplished with style journal L’Officiel Monaco.
On Friday, police discovered her dismembered physique in a fridge in a home rented by Kwong Kau in a suburban a part of Hong Kong a few 30-minute drive from mainland China. Authorities later found a younger lady’s cranium believed to be Choi’s in a cooking pot seized from the home. Officials say there was a gap within the cranium.
The defendants haven’t but entered their pleas, and it doesn’t seem that their attorneys have commented on the case to the media. The case was adjourned till May.
Choi had monetary disputes involving tens of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong {dollars} (hundreds of thousands of {dollars}) together with her ex-husband and his household, police mentioned earlier, including that ?some folks? had been sad with how Choi dealt with her funds. The ugly killing has significantly transfixed many in Hong Kong and throughout the border in mainland China, for the reason that the self-governed southern Chinese metropolis has a really low degree of violent crime.
Choi’s pal Bernard Cheng mentioned 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 mentioned. “My heart is still heavy. I can’t sleep well.”
Cheng mentioned Choi had 4 kids, aged between 3 and 10. Alex Kwong, 28, was the daddy of the older two, who at the moment are being taken care of by Choi’s mom. Choi had remarried, to Chris Tam, and he was the daddy of the youthful kids, who’re staying together with his household. Cheng mentioned Choi had good relationships together with her household, together with her in-laws, and would journey with the households of her present and former husbands collectively.
While violent crime is uncommon in Hong Kong, the case recollects a handful of different surprising killings. In 2013, a person killed his mother and father and their heads had been later present in fridges. In one other notorious 1999 case, a lady was kidnapped and tortured by three members of an organised crime group earlier than her demise.
