A sixth individual has been arrested in reference to the homicide of a Hong Kong mannequin whose dismembered legs had been discovered inside a fridge.
Abby Choi was a mannequin and influencer who shared her glamorous lifetime of photoshoots and vogue exhibits with greater than 100,000 followers on Instagram.
The 28-year-old was reportedly final seen greater than every week in the past on 21 February, with police finding her legs in a fridge days later.
A younger lady’s cranium, which is believed to be Ms Choi’s, and a number of other ribs had been present in a cooking pot that was seized from the property the place her legs had been discovered.
A gap on the again of the cranium is the place she was struck within the deadly assault, officers consider.
On Thursday, police arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of aiding and abetting an offender, in line with native media experiences.
He’s accused of attempting to assist Ms Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong flee Hong Kong by sea.
Kwong, 28, his father, Kwong Kau and brother, Anthony Kwong, had been charged with homicide on Monday, whereas Alex Kwong’s mom, Jenny Li, faces one rely of perverting the course of justice.
A fifth individual suspected of hiding one of many suspects was launched on police bail with out cost.
‘Robust proof’ from landfill search
Greater than 120 officers ended their search of a landfill site for extra of the mannequin’s physique components as police proceed to research the ugly killing.
Her torso and fingers haven’t but been discovered.
Landfill searched in Abby Choi case
Superintendent Alan Chung advised reporters: “Regardless that we did not discover them [the missing body parts], we obtained robust proof within the case.”
Officers additionally revisited the home within the village of Lung Mei Tsuen the place Ms Choi’s stays had been reportedly discovered. A police cordon stays on the scene.
Ms Choi’s final social media submit was greater than every week in the past, that includes a photoshoot she had completed with L’Officiel Monaco, a vogue publication.
Police have mentioned she was embroiled in a monetary dispute involving tens of tens of millions of Hong Kong {dollars} together with her ex-husband and his household – with “some folks” sad with the best way she dealt with her funds.
