Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok and Mei Han Chong were killed in November 2023. Photo: Supplied / NZ police
The trial for the pair accused of murdering a couple in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie two years ago is due to begin this morning.
Lok Fung Lorrence Li, 27, and Shu Man Poon, 43, are charged with the killing of Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok and his wife Mei Han Chong at their home in November 2023.
Police found Kwok's body in their Ellerslie home. He had been stabbed several times.
Chong's body was found days later in the Greenhithe area, with a post-mortem revealing she died from blunt force injuries to her head.
At the time, police described the killing as beyond comprehension for the family.
The couple moved to New Zealand from Hong Kong in 1988. They both had multiple siblings, two of whom also lived in New Zealand.
At the time, police described the killing as beyond comprehension for the family. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Chong had been a nurse before becoming a midwife and was a supportive mother to her and Kwok's son - their only child.
Kwok was an orthopaedic nurse for many years and was "happy in his own world" and cared about supporting his family and doing a good job.
Additional charges have been filed against Li and Poon for conspiring to murder another person, in a separate incident.
The trial is set for the High Court at Auckland today.
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