2 guilty of conspiring to help Abby Choi’s ex-husband in Hong Kong escape bid
Pair found guilty of agreeing to arrange boat to Macau for Alex Kwong after socialite’s murder in 2023
Kowloon City Court on Monday found that Lam Shun, 44, and Irene Pun Hau-yin, 31, had entered into an agreement to arrange a boat to Macau for a person named “Alex” to evade criminal sanctions, even though there was insufficient evidence to show they knew the suspect was Choi’s former partner, Alex Kwong Kong-chi.
“This court finds it difficult to imagine why a person who has not committed an offence and is not wanted by police would have to leave Hong Kong for Macau urgently at all costs,” Magistrate Philip Chan Chee-fai said.
Kwong, 30, was wanted by police on suspicion of murder after Choi’s dismembered remains were discovered in a Tai Po village house on February 24, 2023. She was 28.
Lam and Pun, who said she was unemployed, were accused of planning the illegal boat journey under the guise of holding a junk party at sea after learning that an individual named “Alex” was urgently seeking to leave Hong Kong without being intercepted by the authorities.
The court heard the pair had discussed over the phone with a Macau resident identified as “Ivy”, who was not charged in the case, about a boat rental request she had made on behalf of her “friend” Alex.
