Former in-law of Hong Kong's Abby Choi accused of concocting ‘convenient excuse'
Abby Choi Tin-fung of concocting a 'convenient excuse' for why she became concerned after learning that a police report was made regarding the socialite's disappearance two years ago.
The District Court on Friday heard closing submissions in the trial of 65-year-old Jenny Li Sui-heung, who is contesting a charge of perverting the course of justice for allegedly impeding an investigation involving Alex Kwong Kong-chi, one of her sons and Choi's former partner.
Kwong, now 30, had been at large since jumping bail in
a 2015 theft case involving HK$6.3 million (US$802,600) in gold and jewellery, but was arrested at Tung Chung Development Pier on February 25, 2023, the day after part of Choi's
dismembered remains were uncovered from a village house the previous day.
Prosecutor Gary Leung Yuk-hang highlighted surveillance footage that showed the defendant urging her visibly anxious son to leave their residence at the Kadooria housing complex in Ho Man Tin in the early hours of February 22 that year.
'Quickly! The next step is coming immediately,' the mother was heard saying in recordings previously played in court. 'I'm very afraid. Just go!'
Leung noted that the event immediately followed a telephone conversation between Li and Choi's mother, Cheung Yin-fa, who had already filed a police report.
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