Hong Kong model killed

Hong Kong model, influencer and socialite Abby Choi, 28, went missing last week. The investigation led the police to a village house, where dismembered body ...

They that she “carved a name out for herself as one of the most sought-after influencers in the industry”, according to a report in Channel News Asia (CNA). Follow us on [also read] [Explainers](https://www.firstpost.com/category/explainers) [Who is Sapna Gill, arrested for getting into a brawl with Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw?](https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/who-is-sapna-gill-arrested-for-getting-into-a-brawl-with-indian-cricketer-prithvi-shaw-12167352.html) Body parts were also recovered from one of the two large soup pots that the police found in the three-storey house. The investigation led the police to a village house, where dismembered body parts and a skull have been found. He was planning to flee the city when he was ambushed. She had two children with Kwong before the couple divorced. Her former in-laws lived in a luxury apartment that she owned and she helped her brother-in-law purchase a house. Forensic experts believed it was the result of a fatal blow that killed her. Her brother-in-law worked as her chauffeur and allegedly fetched her when she went missing. The meat is believed to be human flesh, according to a report by South China Morning Post (SCMP). Hong Kong is one of the safest cities in the world. Two days later, parts of her dismembered body were found in a house in the city’s Tai Po district.

Authorities arrested Abby Choi's ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father and his brother on murder charges in the death of the Hong Kong model.

Her case is one of the most shocking killings Hong Kong has seen since 2013, when a man killed his parents and their heads were later found in refrigerators. Choi's current father-in-law is one of the founders of a famous Hong Kong chain of Yunnan rice noodle shops, local newspaper The Standard reported. Choi was a model and influencer who shared her glamorous life of photo shoots and fashion shows with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Kwong, 28, fathered the elder two, and her current husband, Chris Tam, was the father of the younger children. “I feel anyone who had a chance to be her family or her friend are blessed.” On Sunday, authorities discovered a young woman’s skull believed to be Choi’s in a cooking pot that was seized from the house.

The gruesome death and dismemberment of Hong Kong model and influencer Abby Choi, 28, earlier this month led to the arrest and criminal charges this weekend ...

[describe](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159626065/ex-husband-and-relatives-charged-in-killing-of-hong-kong-model-after-body-parts-) [as](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211531/murder-hong-kong-model-plotted-ex-father-law-flying-tigers-police-team-search-missing-body-parts) supportive and kind, was an established fashion influencer and model. Though Choi promised to house her ex-husband elsewhere, the South China Morning Post [reports](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211664/last-days-abby-choi-timeline-hong-kong-model-murder-plot-linked-suspected-property-dispute?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3211664) she faced significant backlash from her ex-father-in-law, whose name she had purchased the property under. Pao Jo-yee Cheng, a friend of Choi’s who [offered a $127,000 reward](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211531/murder-hong-kong-model-plotted-ex-father-law-flying-tigers-police-team-search-missing-body-parts) for Alex Kwong’s capture before his arrest, [told](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159626065/ex-husband-and-relatives-charged-in-killing-of-hong-kong-model-after-body-parts-) the Associated Press Choi got along well with her in-laws and her ex-husband, with whom she shared two children. That relationship went sour earlier this month, a police investigation [reportedly](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211531/murder-hong-kong-model-plotted-ex-father-law-flying-tigers-police-team-search-missing-body-parts) found, when Choi decided to sell the (U.S.) $9,000,000 property she had bought for her ex-husband to live in. [according](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211638/4-suspects-murder-hong-kong-model-abby-choi-remanded-custody-after-appearing-court) to the South China Morning Post: The fraud [reportedly](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211531/murder-hong-kong-model-plotted-ex-father-law-flying-tigers-police-team-search-missing-body-parts) pushed an investment scam to men on dating apps. As of Wednesday, January 27, she has over 121,000 followers. Choi’s family is also scheduled to identify her possible remains on Tuesday. [arrested](https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/03_police_message/pr/press-release-detail.html?refno=P202302250003) on Friday, but Choi’s ex-husband—Alex Kwong—wasn’t apprehended until Saturday, Feb. [searched](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/world/asia/model-murder-dismember-hong-kong.html) unsuccessfully for more human remains over the weekend in a cemetery Choi’s ex-father- and brother-in-law visited the day she went missing and in the [sewage system](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211638/4-suspects-murder-hong-kong-model-abby-choi-remanded-custody-after-appearing-court) around Kwong Kau’s apartment. 25, when he was caught trying to board a speedboat [to flee Hong Kong](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/world/asia/model-murder-dismember-hong-kong.html) with [roughly](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211531/murder-hong-kong-model-plotted-ex-father-law-flying-tigers-police-team-search-missing-body-parts) $64,000 (U.S.) cash and another $510,000 in luxury watches. [according](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211464/hong-kong-police-arrest-3-part-womans-dismembered-body-found-village-house) to the South China Morning Post. [South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3211664/last-days-abby-choi-timeline-hong-kong-model-murder-plot-linked-suspected-property-dispute?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=3211664) and [Vice](https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzjk7/police-found-the-missing-skull-of-a-murdered-socialite-in-a-pot-of-soup) report—but Choi never appeared.

The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model and influencer appeared in court Monday on a joint murder charge after police found parts of ...

Her case is one of the most shocking killings Hong Kong has seen since 2013, when a man killed his parents and their heads were later found in refrigerators. Choi's current father-in-law is one of the founders of a famous Hong Kong chain of Yunnan rice noodle shops, local newspaper The Standard reported. In another famous 1999 case, a woman was kidnapped and tortured by three members from an organized crime group before her death. Kwong, 28, fathered the elder two, and her current husband, Chris Tam, was the father of the younger children. "I feel anyone who had a chance to be her family or her friend are blessed.” On Sunday, authorities discovered a young woman’s skull believed to be Choi’s in a cooking pot that was seized from the house.