Former mother-in-law of slain model Abby Choi found guilty of obstructing justice
The former mother-in-law of dismembered model Abby Choi was convicted of obstruction of justice in connection with the latter's killing.
Local media outlet The Standard reported that Jenny Li, 65, kept mum about information on her son, Abby's ex-husband Alex Kwong, who is the prime suspect in the case. The court also found that she misled authorities with inaccurate statements about the time Abby went missing in February 2023.
Court judge Stanley Chan Kwong-chi said it looks like Jenny did such things to protect her son.
Per The Standard, Jenny was remanded in custody following the conviction. She's set to be sentenced later this month.
Murder of Abby Choi
Abby was murdered—and dismembered—amid an alleged financial dispute with Alex and his family. She was 28.
Her partial remains have been discovered in a house set up as a butchery site—complete with an electric saw and meat grinder that had been used to mince human flesh—on Feb. 24, 2023. Alex made the unsuccessful escape attempt the next day.
After conducting a DNA test, authorities were able to determine that the skull that was found in a large soup pot and the two legs hidden in a refrigerator at the flat were hers.
Alex's father Kwong Kau and older brother Anthony Kwong are in prison pending a High Court trial over Abby's death.
Alex was also arrested on seven charges, “including six counts of theft arising from a fraudulent scheme in which he lured investors into buying a variety of jewelry, then persuaded them to hand the items over so he could use them to speculate in the gold market.” He was also slapped with another count of “failing to surrender to custody” as he posted bail before the start of his trial back in November 2015.
The trio is also facing a charge of preventing the lawful burial of a body.
