2nd October 2026 – (Hong Kong) The High Court heard on the second day of the Abby Choi case that prosecutors allege her former husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his elder brother Anthony Kwong took a series of preparatory steps before her suspected killing and dismemberment. Continuing the opening, Senior Counsel Charlotte Draycott for the prosecution said the trio allegedly rented a village house in Lung Mei Tsuen, arranged a car and purchased a range of items including a chainsaw, a meat grinder and a very large metal soup pot.
Prosecutors told the court that Anthony Kwong allegedly bought a hammer on 15th February 2023, which they suggest may have been used to attack Ms Choi inside a car. A hammer later recovered from the Lung Mei property was said to bear DNA from Alex Kwong. Jurors were shown images of Ms Choi’s head injuries, which the prosecution contends are consistent with blows from a hammer. At the judge’s direction, jurors handled the hammer while wearing gloves to assess the exhibit first‑hand.
The court also heard that on 17th February 2023, Kwong Kau allegedly purchased a second‑hand refrigerator. Police searching the rented house later found Ms Choi’s lower limbs inside the appliance, wrapped in plastic. The prosecution maintains these purchases and rentals formed part of a plan to kill Ms Choi and dispose of her remains.
Jurors were reminded of the alleged financial backdrop. Ms Choi had bought a unit at Kadooria to house the two children she shared with Alex Kwong, and to reduce taxes she arranged for the title to be registered in the name of her former father‑in‑law, Kwong Kau. When she decided around 2022 to sell the flat, the prosecution says relations with the Kwong family deteriorated, and Kwong Kau allegedly conceived the plan to kill her with the help of his two sons.
The defendants — Anthony Kwong, 35, a driver; Kwong Kau, 69, retired; and Alex Kwong, 32, unemployed — are accused of murdering Ms Choi on 21st February 2023 and of preventing the lawful burial of her body between 21st and 23rd February 2023. All three deny murder. On the charge of preventing lawful burial, Anthony Kwong and Alex Kwong have pleaded guilty, while Kwong Kau pleads not guilty. The trial continues.