Key facts
- Abby Choi’s former father-in-law allegedly enlisted his sons to murder her.
- The motive was anger over Choi’s insistence on selling a HK$72 million flat where the father-in-law lived.
- Choi was a 28-year-old socialite who shared her life on Instagram.
- Parts of her dismembered body were found at a house in Tai Po, Hong Kong.
- Alex Kwong, Kwong Kau, and Anthony Kwong face life imprisonment if convicted of murder.
- They are also charged with preventing the lawful burial of a body.
A murder trial has begun for the former husband and in-laws of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi, more than three years after the discovery of parts of her dismembered body shocked the city. The prosecution stated in the High Court that Choi’s former father-in-law, Kwong Kau, allegedly enlisted his two sons, Alex Kwong (Choi’s ex-husband) and Anthony Kwong, to help him murder the 28-year-old. The motive, according to the prosecution, was extreme resentment and anger over Choi’s insistence on selling a HK$72 million (US$9.2 million) flat where Kwong Kau was living. Choi, who shared her glamorous life on Instagram and had recently attended Paris Fashion Week, had two children with Alex Kwong. Police found some body parts inside a unit in Tai Po, a suburban district in Hong Kong, and later searched a landfill for evidence. The defendants face life imprisonment if convicted of murder and are also charged with preventing the lawful burial of a body. The jury trial is expected to last 45 days.