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Chinatown murder suspect Song Fei Li prevented from fleeing to Hong Kong

A suspect in the execution-style murder of two Chinatown women is staying behind bars after being indicted on unrelated felony charges.

Song Fei Li’s lawyer, Rebecca Kavanaugh, had contended he should be freed on bail and that prosecutors were relying on “speculation” about his possible involvement in the murders of Xiao Li, 70, and Yong Hua Chen, 36, to keep him locked up.

Song was plucked off a Hong Kong-bound jet at JFK Airport Sunday by cops moments before takeoff.

“He was already in his seat. The doors were closing and the jet was preparing to take off. As soon as this guy saw us, he knew he was had,” a source told The Post after the arrest.

Song, 34, is a Chinese-gang member, said sources, and investigators believe he killed Chen and Li and then torched Chen’s Henry Street apartment on June 30.

Both women had been shot in the head.

Investigators believe the killing may have been retaliation. The two women may have ripped off an underground “bank” where Chen worked to the tune of well over $100,000.