The previous mother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has been jailed for 1½ years for obstructing a police investigation into her son after the model’s murder got here to gentle two years in the past.
The District Courtroom on Tuesday dominated that Jenny Li Sui-heung, 66, deserved a deterrent sentence for trying to forestall police from finding Alex Kwong Kong-chi and persuading Choi’s mom to stay silent about his whereabouts.
Decide Stanley Chan Kwong-chi described Li as a doting father or mother spoiling her youngster and stated she betrayed contempt for the judicial course of via her actions.
“There are not any ‘ifs’ in historical past, but when the defendant have been prepared to let justice run its course, asking her son to right his misdeeds and urging him to face the authorized penalties of the theft allegations towards him, maybe many issues wouldn’t have occurred,” Chan stated.
The decide additionally instructed the jail sentences beforehand handed to 2 of Kwong’s accomplices had been too lenient, however acknowledged it was past his energy to order a assessment of the penalties in that case.
Li is predicted to finish her sentence quickly, having served 16 months in remanded custody earlier than the listening to.
