Exclusive | Husband to sue South Korean plastic surgery clinic over death of Hong Kong textile fortune heiress Bonnie Evita Law
- The 34-year-old woman was the granddaughter of the tycoon Law Ting-pong, founder of the Bossini clothing brand
- The involved clinic, two doctors and a nurse are being accused of alleged manslaughter and forging pre-surgery documents
A Hong Kong tycoon family is suing a South Korean plastic surgery clinic over the death of one of its family members during liposuction and breast augmentation procedures a month ago in Seoul’s upscale Gangnam district.
The plastic surgery was part of a birthday celebration for Bonnie Evita Law, a granddaughter of late textile tycoon Law Ting-pong who founded the Bossini clothing chain, but the 34-year-old woman fell into a coma at the clinic and was transferred to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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Slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi’s ex-husband, 2 former in-laws slapped with extra charge of preventing body’s burial
- Choi’s former spouse Alex Kwong, ex-brother-in-law Anthony Kwong and ex-father-in-law Kwong Kau to be tried before High Court over model’s murder, dismemberment
- Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li, to stand trial on one count of perverting course of justice at lower District Court
Hong Kong prosecutors have slapped an additional charge of preventing the lawful burial of a body against slain model Abby Choi Tin-hung’s ex-husband and two of her former in-laws ahead of their trial at the High Court.
Kowloon City Court on Wednesday heard that the Department of Justice had finalised the allegations against the family of Choi’s ex-husband.
The family of four were charged and remanded in custody in late February this year, after 28-year-old Choi’s dismembered remains were discovered in a three-storey village house in Tai Po’s Lung Mei Tsuen.
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Choi’s former spouse Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 29, his father Kwong Kau, 66, and elder brother Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 32, will be tried before a High Court judge and a jury on charges of murder and prevention of the lawful burial of the socialite’s body.
Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li Sui-heung, 64, will stand trial on a count of perverting the course of justice in the lower District Court, where a sentencing cap of seven years of imprisonment applies.
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Acting principal magistrate Veronica Heung Shuk-han arranged for the three murder suspects to appear before Eastern Court in late January for their case’s transfer. Li will return to Kowloon City Court on a separate date during the same month.
Alex Kwong, wearing a green jacket and a mask, interrupted the prosecutor from the dock when the latter explained the grounds for his side to oppose his mother’s bail. Kwong’s lawyer, Eric So Chi-kit, apologised for his client’s impertinence.
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Separately, Lai asked for extra time for the prosecution to conclude inquiries into two other suspects who they accused of trying to secure Alex Kwong’s escape to Macau after the killing came to light.
He did not object to an extension of bail being granted to the pair – yacht rental agent Lam Shun, 42, and freelance worker Irene Pun Hau-yin, 30.
Pun asked the court to lift her travel ban so that she could go to Japan for work, but the magistrate refused after Lai opposed a change in bail conditions.
The pair were each released on HK$50,000 (US$6,400) bail when they first appeared in court earlier in 2023. Their cases will be heard again in the same court in late February next year.