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Abby Choi ‘did not have enough cash’ in year before death, murder trial told
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Abby Choi ‘did not have enough cash’ in year before death, murder trial told

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Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung faced cash-flow difficulties in the year before her death after incurring a HK$5 million debt in Macau, her former driver testified at her murder trial.

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Abby Choi Tin-fung's murder trial involves testimony regarding her financial situation prior to her death.

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Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung did not have enough cash to cover her expenses in the year before her death, her former driver has told her murder trial.

Choi’s former chauffeur, Chin Kei-shun, said on Tuesday that the influencer appeared to have run into cash-flow difficulties after she and her partner incurred a HK$5 million (US$637,090) debt during a leisure trip to Macau in August 2021.

Chin said Choi would usually carry a substantial amount of cash in her handbag when she went out, but appeared to have insufficient cash from February to the middle of 2022.

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  • What led to the accumulation of the HK$5 million debt?
  • How does the financial difficulty relate to the murder charges?

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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.

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