Prosecutors Say Killing of Hong Kong Socialite Abby Choi Likely Linked to a Financial Dispute – WTOP News
Prosecutors say the killing stemmed from a HK$72 million property dispute, and the trial is expected to last until December.
- On Wednesday, the High Court trial began for the 2023 murder of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi, with prosecutors accusing ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, his brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, and their father Kwong Kau of conspiracy.
- Prosecutor Charlotte Draycott told the court that a property dispute was the "root cause" of the killing, as Kwong Kau became "extremely resentful and angry" over Choi's insistence on selling a HK$72 million flat where he lived.
- Despite separating from Alex Kwong, Choi maintained contact with the Kwong family and provided a "generous allowance" and a HK$60 million apartment under Kwong Kau's name, partly to support care for their two children.
- Alex Kwong and Anthony Kwong pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of Choi's body, though all three defendants denied murder charges in the eight-week High Court trial.
- A jury of eight men and one woman will hear the case, which has drawn global headlines since police discovered Choi's body parts in a Tai Po village house in February 2023.
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Prosecutors say killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi likely linked to a financial dispute – WTOP News
HONG KONG (AP) — The killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi was likely linked to a financial dispute with her former father-in-law over a luxury apartment, the prosecution said Wednesday, in a case that has shocked the city after Choi’s dismembered body was found three years ago. In her opening statement at the murder...
Prosecutors say killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi likely linked
HONG KONG (AP) — The killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi was likely linked to a financial dispute with her former father-in-law over a luxury apartment, the prosecution said Wednesday, in a case that has shocked
Money the ‘root cause’ behind Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s murder, prosecutors say
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A family dispute over money was the “root cause” that motivated the killing and dismemberment of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi, prosecutors told a court Wednesday, as the trial of her ex-husband and in-laws accused of murdering her began. The gruesome 2023 murder of Choi, who rubbed
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Prosecutors say killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi likely linked to a financial dispute
HONG KONG (AP) — The killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi was likely linked to a financial dispute with her former father-in-law over a luxury apartment, the prosecution said Wednesday, in a case that has shocked the city after Choi's dismembered body was found three years ago.
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