Police find ‘missing head, some ribs’ of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi in ‘big soup pot’

The missing head and some ribs of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi Tin-fung were found in a large soup pot on Sunday (Feb 26), two days after her gruesome murder came to light, police sources said.

The breakthrough followed a huge search over the weekend at a crime scene at a village house in Tai Po, and a cemetery in Tseung Kwan O. The body parts were discovered in one of two soup pots police retrieved on Friday from the house at Lung Mei Tsuen, a source said, adding the head and ribs were being stored at a mortuary.

The two large pots were taken to the mortuary on Saturday, and forensic experts found the head and ribs when examining the contents on Sunday, the source said.

Police continued to search for other body parts of the 28-year model and social media influencer. Two female legs were found in a fridge at the house on Friday.

Earlier on Sunday, police said Choi’s ex-father-in-law and his eldest son were charged with murder after they were arrested on suspicion of killing her.

The force also said Choi’s former mother-in-law, 63, was charged with one count of perverting the course of justice. The three suspects, aged 31 to 65, were arrested on Friday and will be brought before Kowloon City Court on Monday.

As of Sunday morning, Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong Kong-chi – the youngest son of her former father-in-law – was still being held for questioning after he was arrested on Saturday.

The 28-year-old man was picked up in a police ambush at a Tung Chung pier on Lantau Island at about 1pm after officers learned about his plan to board a speedboat to flee the city.

He had HK$500,000 (US$63,695) in cash and several luxury watches worth about HK$4 million in total with him when he was arrested. He later complained of feeling unwell at Hung Hom Police Station and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei.

Police said on Saturday that the two children Choi had with her ex-husband were being taken care of by her mother.

The murder came to light on Friday when officers found body parts of Choi – who went missing on Tuesday – in the ground-floor flat of a three-storey house in Lung Mei Tsuen.

Police uncovered a meat grinder, electric saw and two pots containing human tissue, alongside two types of meat cleavers, a hammer, face shields, black raincoats and a purple handbag that belonged to Choi at the Tai Po flat. The suspects had covered the walls of the flat with a sail.

On Saturday, about 100 officers including divers from the force’s elite Special Duties Unit, known as Flying Tigers, and officers from the Police Tactical Unit took part in a search operation at a Tseung Kwan O cemetery.

A drone was used for an aerial search and police tracking dogs were also deployed at the cemetery to detect traces of Choi.

Officers searched the area as their investigation indicated the ex-father-in-law and brother-in-law went there on Wednesday, a day after Choi was reported missing.

Police continued the operation on Sunday and deployed about 16 officers, including nine from the key points and search division, to examine a patch of woods next to a reservoir in the cemetery. After searching for the missing body parts for hours in vain, officers halted the operation at Tseung Kwan O cemetery at about 3pm.

At around the same time, police and Drainage Services Department workers returned to Lung Mei Tsuen to inspect sewage pipes in the area for the missing body parts.

Choi was reported missing after she did not collect the daughter with her former husband on Tuesday. Choi also had a son with Kwong.

Followers of her Instagram account jumped 20 per cent to 101,000 people since the murder case came to light on Friday. Choi, who remarried, wrote in previous posts that she wanted to be a style icon, and as recently as a week ago was on the cover of a fashion magazine.

A friend of the victim who identified herself as Mrs Cheng told the Post Choi’s father-in-law and mother-in-law were focusing on dealing with legal matters. Choi’s husband is the son of the founder of popular chain restaurant TamJai Yunnan Mixian.

Cheng said she told them to delete news apps on their phones to avoid seeing stories about the case.