Missing nightclub hostess left love note for Hong Kong director boyfriend
Man charged with murder told court he believed mistress had moved out of flat
A nightclub hostess who disappeared from her Kowloon Bay flat four years ago left a note for her boyfriend that read, "I love you forever," the High Court heard on Wednesday.
Company director Ivan Chan Man-sum, 42, said he found the note with a HK$100 banknote that had been folded into the shape of a heart on a cabinet in the bedroom of Chun Ka-yee, 33, on October 10, 2011.
Chan, who has been charged with Chun's murder, said he went to the flat with a decorator the day he discovered she was missing, and found all her cash and jewellery gone.
"I believed then she was not coming back," Chan said.
Chan denies murdering Chun in her flat at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, on October 6, 2011. Chun's body was never found.
Chan said he went to Chun's flat and broke up with her on October 6. "[Chun] told me at the time that her marriage was also damaged by another woman. She herself did not want to do any harm to my family."
Chan, who had bought the flat for Chun, later offered her money but Chun became very angry.
"She said she was not in a relationship with me for money. She said I was insulting her," he said.
Chan said he would allow Chun to move out of the flat in one to two months but Chun said she only needed a few days.
He claimed he left the flat for a while as Chun wanted to calm down. He then returned and started packing his clothes.
Chun later heard him talking with his wife on the phone and became emotional again. She asked him to leave, Chan said.
Chan said he brought a nylon bag to Chun's flat the next morning. He noticed empty beer cans and wine bottles in the living room, some of which he removed out of concern for how much she was drinking, and saw Chun's bedroom door was closed.
Chan said he guessed she was still sleeping. As he did not want to wake her up, he left the flat without entering her room.
He said he arranged for the decorator to clear out the flat on October 10. He called Chun three times that day to inform her about it. Chun did not answer but later replied with a text message that said: "I am going out for few days. Let's chat later."
The following month, he received phone calls from her friends concerned they could not find her and wanting to make a report to police. He admitted asking them not to mention his name as he did not want his wife to feel he still cared about Chun.
The trial continues before Deputy Judge Mr Justice Michael Stuart-Moore.
