Hong Kong police search for woman after man found dead outside commercial building

48-year-old man found on a chair outside building in Tsim Sha Tsui, while a male bar staff member has been charged after helping the woman move the body

Hong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after a man’s body was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday.

Officers also arrested a 28-year-old bar staff member and charged him with illegally handling a corpse. He told police he had helped the woman move the body to the car park.

Police said they received a report at about 1.40am on Thursday of an unconscious person on a chair in a motorcycle car park outside K11 Art Mall. Paramedics pronounced a 48-year-old man dead at the scene.

A source familiar with the matter said the arrested employee had claimed to be a passer-by, but further investigation showed he had found the man inside a toilet cubicle at an upstairs bar on Carnarvon Road.