A scene-evidence officer testified on 27 October 2026 about a police search of a unit in Lung Mei Tsuen on 24 February 2023, during the trial over Abby Choi’s murder.
The officer said he and colleagues went to the unit after receiving information that a vehicle which had carried Choi had been seen in the village. The entrance was locked, so police forced their way in. Inside, the windows were covered and the curtains drawn.
In a bedroom, he described blue-striped tarpaulin on the floor and a blue tent covering a transparent plastic box. He said he could see a brown chopping board in the box, with meat and internal organs on the board and inside the box. He also recalled masks, cleaning supplies and saws, as well as a strong fragrance that he thought was probably air freshener.
In the bathroom, the officer said, he found human tissue in a bucket in the shower area. He also testified that bones were submerged in water and that there was another saw in the bathroom.
The officer said he found two black bags in the lower part of the refrigerator, each containing a remnant of a human leg. He told the court that the discovery led him to notify his superiors and ask for the unit to be sealed. He considered the unit likely to be a murder scene.
In the kitchen, he saw two silver cooking pots and could make out orange liquid through the transparent lid of one. Their contents were sent for forensic examination; police did not examine them at the unit, the officer said.
During cross-examination, the officer said more than 50 police officers had gone to the village that day, but five entered the unit. He agreed with the defence that he had not expected to find the items he described there.
The three defendants are charged with murdering Choi on 21 February 2023 and preventing the lawful burial of her body between 21 and 23 February. All three denied murder. Choi’s former husband and his elder brother admitted the burial charge; their father denied it.