Abby Choi

Abby Choi (；1994 – c. 21 February 2023) was a Hong Kong model, socialite, and influencer who was reported missing on 21 February 2023.

On 24 February 2023, three days after she was reported missing, Choi was found murdered, with her headless body discovered at a village in Tai Po, a suburb in Hong Kong.

Reportedly, some of her body parts were hidden inside a refrigerator and some of them were cooked.

According to the police, a total of seven suspects have been arrested so far for the murder of Choi.

They include her former husband, brother-in-law, and parents-in-law; her former father-in-law's alleged mistress; and two of her former husband's friends.

Investigations and trials are currently ongoing.

On 24 February 2023, three days after her disappearance, the headless corpse of 28-year-old Choi was discovered at a Tai Po village house in Hong Kong.

Reportedly, some of her body parts were hidden inside a refrigerator and some of them were cooked.

Her skull and some of her ribs were found in a pot.

The police therefore classified the case as murder.

She was reported missing after she failed to pick up her daughter from school as she normally did and she last entered the car driven by her hired driver, who is also her ex-brother-in-law.

A meat slicer and electric saw were also found at the scene, according to police statements to the press.

Choi first debuted as an influencer.

Although Choi had already been followed by many on social media accounts for several years, her notability in Hong Kong was still modest as of July 2022.

She regularly attended the Paris Fashion Week and had been featured in several magazines including Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

Choi had more than 100,000 followers on Instagram.

Less than two weeks before her death, Choi was featured on the cover of fashion and luxury lifestyle magazine L’Officiel Monaco; also in that issue is an article praising her as a fashion icon who could mix and match pieces in ways that made her a trendsetter.

Choi was born in an ordinary family.

Some time after her birth, her mother Cheung Yin-fa (張燕花) divorced her biological father and married Tsoi Cho-san (蔡楚生), who gave Choi two younger half-sisters.

Cheung and Tsoi later made a fortune by operating construction and mining businesses in Mainland China.

Choi's personal net worth at the time of her death was estimated by some to be over HK$100 million.

Choi also engaged in philanthropy by co-founding Paomes Charitable Organisation, a group dedicated to helping stray animals.

Choi married Alex Kwong when she was 18 years old and had two children during their three-year long marriage which ended in divorce.

Afterwards, Choi formed a new family with Chris Tam Fong-Chun (譚方駿), whose wealthy father, Tam Chuk-kwan（譚澤均), was quite well-known as one of the founders of the restaurant chain Tamjai Yunnan Mixian (譚仔雲南米線). Fong-Chun and Choi, who held a wedding ceremony in 2016 but never legally married, had two children together. Choi maintained a close relationship with ex-husband Kwong and his kin despite the divorce.

After the murder of Choi came to light, the police first arrested three suspects on 25 February 2023.

One of them was Choi's former brother-in-law Anthony Kwong Kong-kit (鄺港傑) who was her hired driver, while the other two were the first suspect's parents, who both used to be Choi's parents-in-law before she divorced her first husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi (鄺港智).

After a citywide manhunt by police, Alex Kwong later became the fourth to be arrested after he unsuccessfully tried to escape Hong Kong by sea.

It was alleged that the death of Choi was masterminded by her former father-in-law Kwong Kau (鄺球), a former policeman who was previously accused of rape.

The motive was believed to be the result of a money dispute, and a luxury apartment believed to be bought by Choi before putting it under her former father-in-law's name.

The luxury apartment is located in Kadoorie Hill in Kowloon Tong, one of Hong Kong’s most prestigious addresses, and the neighbourhood is home to some of the city’s wealthiest people.

On 26 February 2023, the police found Choi's severed head and several of her ribs inside a pot of cooked soup.

At the same time, the police arrested a fifth suspect in connection to the killing, a 47-year-old Ng Chi Wing (伍志榮), a mistress of Kwong Kau.

She was said to have helped hide Alex Kwong before his apparent attempt to flee Hong Kong.

The search for the missing hands and torso and other body parts remained ongoing.

More than a hundred officers were mobilized to search for the other missing body parts.

Currently, the police were searching through the North East New Territories Landfill in Ta Kwu Ling for the missing hands and torso.

They are also currently questioning the villagers to seek more information needed to solve the case.

DNA testing results revealed in March 2023 that the recovered head belonged to Choi.

On 27 February 2023, the police proceeded with murder charges against Alex Kwong, his brother and father, while charging Alex Kwong's mother with perverting the course of justice.

All four suspects, who were officially charged in court, were denied bail and would be held in remand pending investigations.