Bar staff accused after body left on Tsim Sha Tsui street
Thestandard · 2 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago1 MIN
Summary
A man aged about 40 was found dead outside 1 Hanoi Road in Tsim Sha Tsui at 1.38am on Thursday after a caller reported seeing him unconscious on a chair. Police later said the caller, a staff member at a nearby bar, admitted he had moved the man from the bar's toilet and then pretended to be a passer-by before calling police.
Key Points
- Police said the caller first claimed he had found the man unconscious in a nearby shopping mall toilet and carried him downstairs before seeking help.
- Under further questioning, the caller allegedly admitted the man had been found in the toilet of a bar at 25-31 Carnarvon Road early on Thursday.
- Police said two bar staff members carried the unconscious man out to avoid disrupting business, and one later left before the caller placed him on a chair across the street.
- Officers who entered the bar found the door ajar, no one inside, bloodstains in the toilet and drug paraphernalia including an ice pipe.
- Forensics officers found suspected injection marks on the dead man's thigh, and police suspect he may have died from an overdose in the bar toilet.
Why It Matters
The case has been taken over by the district crime unit as a body discovery investigation, with officers still searching for the second staff member and tracing the source of the drugs. Police are also investigating the exact cause of death, while the bar's liquor licence is due to expire on Friday.