Abby Choi trial day 20: estate agent's evidence on Kadoorie Hill flat commission and rebate

The trial in the Abby Choi case (HCCC 198/2025) reached its 20th day on 21 October 2026. The court heard from an estate agent, an upstairs resident of a village house flat in Lung Mei Tsuen and an employee of a luxury watch company. This summary covers the estate agent's main evidence that day and the defence cross-examination.

• The witness is an estate agent. He told the court he handled the sale of a Kadoorie Hill flat in 2019, and he continued giving evidence on day 20.
• The witness said the flat was sold for HK$60.606m.
• The witness said the developer paid the agency firm where he worked commission of about HK$8.18m, equal to 13.5% of the price.
• The witness said the agency later paid defendant Kwong Kau a rebate of about HK$6.97m, and confirmed in court that defendant Kwong Kau received the sum.
• The witness said that after the rebate, the agency was left with about HK$1.209m.
• The witness said the arrangement to handle the commission as a rebate was proposed by defendant Kwong Kau.
• The witness reiterated in court that he dealt only with defendant Kwong Kau in the transaction and did not know Abby Choi at the time.
• Counsel for defendant Kwong Kau put to the witness that defendant Kwong Kau also had to pay about HK$3.09m in stamp duty through a law firm when buying the flat; the witness agreed.
• The defence suggested the witness had no clear memory of events on 28 June 2019; the witness disagreed.
• The defence put it that the two did not meet on 28 June 2019 and that the witness merely left documents to be signed and collected later. The witness disagreed, and said that day he met defendant Kwong Kau for about half an hour at a restaurant near Hung Hom Ferry Pier to confirm and sign documents, at a venue chosen by defendant Kwong Kau.
• Asked by the defence for details of that day, the witness said defendant Kwong Kau wore a grey top and carried a cross-body bag.

All three defendants deny murder and remain presumed innocent in law. The trial continues.

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