27th October 2026 – (Hong Kong) A scene officer told the High Court he forced open a Tai Po village house and found human legs in black bags inside a fridge, as estate agents testified that socialite Abby Choi had been urgently pushing a sale of her Kadoorie Hill flat before she was killed.
Choi’s former husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi, former father-in-law Kwong Kau and former brother-in-law Anthony Kwong Kong-kit face murder and related charges over her February 2023 death and alleged dismemberment. The trial entered its 24th day with several witnesses, including the officer who broke into the Lung Mei Village crime scene, two property agents and a hardware shop assistant.
Exhibits officer Chan Wai-hung said police used forced-entry tools on the afternoon of 24th February 2023. Living-room windows were sealed over; blue coverings lined the interior and a strong artificial fragrance hung in the air. In the master bedroom, a blue tent shrouded clear plastic boxes. Through the plastic he could make out a brown chopping board, with minced meat on the board and in the boxes; a round stool nearby held a face mask, cleaning products and an electric saw smeared with meat fragments.
Behind a sofa, in the lower part of a fridge, he found two black refuse bags. Opening them, he saw a human foot or leg remnant in each, and at once told superiors the scene must be sealed. In a bathroom, a grey rectangular tub held a small piece of human tissue floating on the water. Another toilet area, hung with a dark blue raincoat and a black mask, contained an electric saw soaking in water that still had bone on it. On the kitchen cooker sat two silver soup pots; through clear lids he could see orange liquid. Suspecting human remains inside, officers left the pots undisturbed and handed them to forensic pathologists. Under cross-examination, Chan confirmed more than 50 officers attended that afternoon, but said he alone ran the search without interference from colleagues, working on into the following dawn.
Two agents who dealt with Choi painted her as determined to sell the Kadoorie Hill unit registered under Kwong Kau. Midland Realty’s Tong Wing-sing said that in mid-February 2023 she sought about HK$67 million and stressed that she decided the sale – remarking that if the price was agreed, “the one surnamed Kwong will come to sign”. Hong Kong Property’s Lau Siu-long said that late in 2022 she asked HK$75 million and wanted the vendor name on forms changed from Kwong Kau to her own, claiming she held a solicitors’ power of attorney; she later cut the price to HK$67 million and lifted the commission to 1.5 per cent.
Admitted facts also showed that on 15th February – a week before the killing – Anthony went to a Kowloon City hardware shop and bought a one-pound round-headed hammer, two rolls of black packing tape and double-sided tape, items later recovered at the village house. Assistant Chau Wai-shing said Anthony made circling and striking gestures when choosing the hammer, a tool generally used for driving nails or bending metal. A second-floor neighbour confirmed round-the-clock balcony CCTV, with the defence probing camera angles. Cross-examination of the scene officer continues as the jury digests a forced door, a scented house and what waited in the fridge.