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Detectives have scoured at least four different crime scenes around Auckland in connection with the alleged double murder of an��elderly couple - and two men have now been arrested��and charged.����

Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok, 66, was stabbed multiple times��at his home in the leafy suburb of Ellerslie, allegedly on Sunday, November 5, and a family member found his body the following Monday evening.����

His wife,��Mei Han Chong, 67, went missing��after the alleged murder, prompting a police search for her and the couple’s car. Police initially said Chong could have been either a suspect or a victim.��

Police later revealed Chong didn’t drive and evidence inside the couple’s home suggested she didn’t leave of her own accord. Police then found her body in a bush area in Greenhithe overnight on Thursday.��

Chong’s body was winched up a steep bank and a post-mortem examination was expected to be completed today.��

Mei Han Chong’s body was winched up a steep bank and a post-mortem examination was expected to be completed today. Photo / Hayden Woodward��

Police found and��arrested a man in Hamilton. The 42-year-old man, of Glenfield on Auckland’s North Shore, appeared in court yesterday where he was granted interim name suppression.����

This morning, police confirmed a��26-year-old man, also from Glenfield, had been taken into custody and would appear in the Auckland District Court today.��

Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the alleged murders.��

Accused appears in court��

The accused appeared via audio-visual link from the Auckland Custody Unit in Mt Eden Prison before Judge Andrea Manuel.��

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He wore a blue boiler suit and appeared calm, answering the judge’s questions in a measured tone.��

The accused appeared via audio-visual link from the Auckland Custody Unit in Mt Eden Prison before Judge Andrea Manuel. Photo / Jason Oxenham��

His lawyer, Michael Kan, said he had spoken to the man, a Cantonese speaker, and believed he did not need an interpreter. The accused has been in New Zealand for many years.��

Kan sought and was granted interim suppression of his client’s name, saying his mother, in her 90s, and other family members may need to be informed.��

“Obviously this will be quite a big shock for them,” Kan said.��

Kan did not seek bail.��

Judge Manuel granted the man suppression of name, address and occupation. The judge also allowed media to take pictures of the man on the condition they were blurred.��

He was remanded in custody without plea ahead of his next appearance in the High Court at Auckland on November 29.��

Cops’ search for missing wife��

Police responded to a report a man had been found dead at a house on Celtic Cres at 7.28pm on Monday and appealed for information on the whereabouts of his wife, Mei Han Chong, and the couple’s car.��

When the��Herald��visited the scene, at least seven police vehicles were there and a police marquee was erected on part of the property.��

Mei Han Chong.��

On Tuesday, Detective Inspector Scott Beard said police had begun a homicide inquiry into the killing of the man, who was later revealed as Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok.��

Police had few leads on the circumstances of the alleged murder for the three days of their investigations.��

Kwok left work about 11pm on Saturday and it usually took him about an hour and a half to get home. The couple’s car hadn’t been seen since then.��

On Thursday, Beard said of the incident: “We are keeping an open mind to what happened.��

Detective Inspector Scott Beard, left, talking to other officers at the scene of a home in Celtic Cr, Ellerslie. Photo / Corey Fleming��

“She could be a suspect or she could be a victim,” he said of Chong.��

Beard maintained throughout the early stages of the investigations Chong may have been a victim of foul play herself.��

She was last seen at the family home over the weekend.��

Police asked the public for any information or sightings of the couple’s blue Kia Rio.��

“This [case] is like a jigsaw. We’re trying to put the pieces together,” Beard said.��

“We have a son who is grieving. He’s struggling that he’s lost a mother who can’t be found and a dad who’s been murdered.”��

Detective Inspector Scott Beard. Photo / Ben Dickens��

He described the alleged murder as “quite brutal”, revealing Kwok suffered multiple stab wounds.��

Police have been investigating whether it was a targeted attack on the family, Beard said, but ultimately they didn’t know.��

“It would appear this is a targeted attack - but we just don’t know why,” he said.��

“I hope she’s still alive, but I can’t say that,” Beard earlier said of Chong’s welfare.��

Dead man’s colleagues remember him as ‘good guy’��

Kwok’s colleagues at North Shore Hospital said he would be deeply missed as a “respected” colleague and “good guy”.��

Staff said��Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok worked as a senior orthopaedic nurse there.��

Kwok, a theatre nurse, was “a very wise, respected” health worker and a “good guy”, a staff member told the��Herald.��

A spatial diagram of the investigations.��

Brad Healey, interim group director of operations at Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā extended condolences to the hospital’s theatre team, who were mourning their “respected colleague”.��

“Joseph was a valued and well-liked member of our North Shore Hospital family and I would like to acknowledge his exceptional service,” Healey said.��

“Our hearts are with those who worked with him.��

“They are feeling this loss immensely and we will ensure they are supported through this period.”��

Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers breaking news. He joined the��Herald��as a Te Rito cadet in 2022.��

Jaime Lyth is an Auckland-based reporter who covers crime. She joined the Herald in 2021 and has previously reported for the Northern Advocate.��