When Jet Li’s manager was shot dead outside his office in Hong Kong, in an underworld assassination

Ambulancemen rush Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li’s manager Choi Chi-ming to hospital after he was fatally shot in 1992 near his office in Hong Kong, in what police suspected was an underworld contract assassination. Choi had links to a 14K criminal gang. Photo: SCMPAmbulancemen rush Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li’s manager Choi Chi-ming to hospital after he was fatally shot in 1992 near his office in Hong Kong, in what police suspected was an underworld contract assassination. Choi had links to a 14K criminal gang. Photo: SCMP“The brutal killing of film producer Choi Chi-ming in a busy office building yesterday was almost certainly a contract execution carried out by mainland [Chinese] gunmen for a Hongkong syndicate,” reported the South China Morning Post on April 17, 1992.“Choi, 36, was shot dead in a well-planned operation to which there were apparently no witnesses, a source close to the police investigation team said.“He was gunned down as he came out of the lift near the sixth-floor office of his Fully International Film Distribution Company in the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, Mody Road at 11.15am.“He was hit in the chin, head and chest by four of six shots fired at close range by two young men, one of whom was apparently wearing a security guard’s uniform.”
On April 19, the Post reported that detectives believe that Choi was shot dead “as a result of his underworld connections – possibly as a warning to others who may have been involved with him.“Choi, a suspected member of the 14K Hau group, is believed to have been involved in a variety of illegal activities, including gambling. He was convicted in the late ’70s for drug trafficking.

Ambulancemen rush Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li’s manager Choi Chi-ming to hospital after he was fatally shot in 1992 near his office in Hong Kong, in what police suspected was an underworld contract assassination. Choi had links to a 14K criminal gang. Photo: SCMPAmbulancemen rush Chinese martial arts actor Jet Li’s manager Choi Chi-ming to hospital after he was fatally shot in 1992 near his office in Hong Kong, in what police suspected was an underworld contract assassination. Choi had links to a 14K criminal gang. Photo: SCMP“The brutal killing of film producer Choi Chi-ming in a busy office building yesterday was almost certainly a contract execution carried out by mainland [Chinese] gunmen for a Hongkong syndicate,” reported the South China Morning Post on April 17, 1992.“Choi, 36, was shot dead in a well-planned operation to which there were apparently no witnesses, a source close to the police investigation team said.“He was gunned down as he came out of the lift near the sixth-floor office of his Fully International Film Distribution Company in the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, Mody Road at 11.15am.“He was hit in the chin, head and chest by four of six shots fired at close range by two young men, one of whom was apparently wearing a security guard’s uniform.”Choi Chi-ming (left), owner of Fully International Film Distribution Company, and kung fu star Jet Li Lianjie, whom he managed. Choi was shot dead by two gunmen on April 16, 1992 outside his office in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMPChoi Chi-ming (left), owner of Fully International Film Distribution Company, and kung fu star Jet Li Lianjie, whom he managed. Choi was shot dead by two gunmen on April 16, 1992 outside his office in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMPOn April 19, the Post reported that detectives believe that Choi was shot dead “as a result of his underworld connections – possibly as a warning to others who may have been involved with him.“Choi, a suspected member of the 14K Hau group, is believed to have been involved in a variety of illegal activities, including gambling. He was convicted in the late ’70s for drug trafficking.When a Hong Kong tram overturned in Wan Chai, killing 1 and injuring 5913 Apr 2023
“It is believed he was killed by two Daai Huen, or Big Circle, gang members from China who knew of his movements, and the place of his death […] was chosen for maximum effect.”The report also quoted film director Ronny Yu Yan-tai, who directed Choi’s first film, China White, in 1989, as saying the movie owed its storyline to Choi. The film is about Chinese and Dutch gangs fighting for control of the drug trade in the Netherlands.“He was just an ordinary businessman, definitely not boastful and arrogant. He was always in a low profile,” Yu told the Post. “I hope this has nothing to do with the triad infiltration to [sic] the film industry, or else it will be difficult to make films here.”

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