Abby Choi’s partner tells Hong Kong murder trial what she said about former in-laws’ finances
Chris Tam told the High Court that Choi initially described her former in-laws as financially comfortable, then said she had supported them after a family dispute, according to the South China Morning Post.
Abby Choi’s partner told a Hong Kong murder trial this week that she initially described her former in-laws as financially comfortable but later said she had supported them, according to the South China Morning Post. Chris Tam Fong-chun’s account, given at the High Court during the trial’s third week, concerned a family dispute in 2022; the financial claims remain his account of what Choi told him.
Tam said Choi had first portrayed her former in-laws as financially independent, the South China Morning Post reported. She feared that the two children from her first marriage would be looked down on in their new home because of their background, according to the account of his testimony.
What Tam said changed after the 2022 family dispute
After an acrimonious dispute over parenting in mid-2022, Choi told Tam for the first time that she had been supporting the Kwong family financially, he testified, according to the South China Morning Post. Tam said she also urged him and his father to cut ties with the family. His testimony describes what she told him; it does not independently establish the family’s finances.
Choi had two children with Tam and two with Alex Kwong Kong-chi, the South China Morning Post reported. Tam and Kwong were former classmates. Those connections meant the families remained linked through the children even as Tam described a worsening dispute over Choi’s former in-laws.
Earlier testimony about Choi’s disappearance
TVB News reported that Tam was still giving evidence at the High Court on 14 October. In that testimony, the court displayed WhatsApp messages from the day Choi disappeared. Tam said she sent a final message at 2:06pm, according to TVB’s account.
Tam also testified that a location app last showed Choi in Tai Po, TVB reported. He said he later found members of the Kwong family at the Kadoorie Hill residence. That account concerns the search after Choi disappeared; TVB’s earlier report did not independently confirm Tam’s later account of what Choi said about the family’s finances.
The three defendants in the case each face charges of murder and preventing the lawful burial of a body, according to TVB. They are defendants in an ongoing trial; the testimony reported so far does not establish their guilt.
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Sources and context
- Abby Choi’s partner tells murder trial she hid ex-in-laws’ financial reliance on herSouth China Morning Post
- 蔡天鳳碎屍案｜譚方駿稱因報警被李瑞香責怪 事後認為對方欲轉移視線TVB News
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