Abby Choi: Ex-husband and in-laws of dismembered Hong Kong model charged with ... trends now
The ex-husband and in-laws of a Hong Kong model and influencer appeared in court today charged with her gruesome murder.
Abby Choi was killed and dismembered, with her legs found in a refrigerator while her skull and a number of her ribs were discovered in a cooking pot.
Choi's ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murdering the model. Alex Kwong's mother Jenny Li faces one count of perverting the course of justice.
Pictures on Sunday evening showed one of the male suspects being led to court by police with a black bag over their head. The four were placed in custody without bail.
Choi, 28, was a model and influencer who shared her glamorous life of photo shoots and fashion shows with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Dressed in a tulle floor-length gown, she had just attended a Dior show at Paris Fashion Week.
Abby Choi was killed and dismembered, with her legs found in a refrigerator while her skull and a number of her ribs were discovered in a cooking pot.
Choi's ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murdering the model. Alex Kwong's mother Jenny Li faces one count of perverting the course of justice. Pictured: One of the suspects is seen being led by police officers to court late on Sunday
Her last post was more than a week ago, featuring a photoshoot she had done with L'Officiel Monaco, a fashion publication.
Choi had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with her ex-husband and his family, police said earlier, adding that 'some people' were unhappy with how Choi handled her financial assets.
Her friend, Bernard Cheng, said she has four children: two sons ages 10 and 3 and two daughters ages 8 and 6. The elder two were with Kwong, 28, and the younger children were with her current husband, Chris Tam.
Tam said he was very thankful to have had Choi in his life and praised her for being supportive, friend Pao Jo-yee relayed in a Facebook post.
'When Abby was alive, she's a very kind person and always wanted to help people,' he was quoted in the post. 'I feel anyone who could be her family and friends are blessed.'
Pao, who is married to Cheng, told The Associated Press that she has known Choi for over seven years and Choi treated people around her well.
'She is that type of person that wouldn't have
