Abby Choi struck with hammer during car trip ruse to fetch daughter, court hears

Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung died of head injuries after being hit with a hammer during a car journey she believed was to pick up her daughter from school, a court has heard.

Prosecutors on Friday detailed how three of Choi’s former relatives rented a remote village house and went on a shopping spree to acquire items they needed before allegedly killing the 28-year-old and disposing of her body on February 21, 2023.

Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 31, his father Kwong Kau, 68, and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 35, are standing trial in the High Court after pleading not guilty to a joint count of murder.

Kwong Kau, a retired police sergeant, also denied preventing the lawful burial of Choi’s body between February 21 and 23. His two sons pleaded guilty to the offence before the trial.