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Human skeleton found under Kowloon Bay flyover in Hong Kong

HONG KONG — The decomposed remains of a man were found under a flyover in Kowloon Bay on Tuesday (Feb 7), prompting a police investigation into whether foul play was involved in his death.

Police cordoned off the area under the Kowloon Bay flyover. Photo: South China Morning Post

Police cordoned off the area under the Kowloon Bay flyover. Photo: South China Morning Post

HONG KONG — The decomposed remains of a man were found under a flyover in Kowloon Bay on Tuesday (Feb 7), prompting a police investigation into whether foul play was involved in his death.

A skeleton was found when workers were cutting grass under the flyover outside the Telford Garden housing estate on Wai Yip Street near its junction with Sheung Yuet Road at about 10.15am, according to a police spokeswoman.

The skeleton was in a dark-coloured jacket, a dark polo shirt, white underwear and dark jeans when found. A hat was also discovered at the scene but no shoes were found.

Officers combed the area, but no identification documents or other personal belongings were found at the scene.

A police source said an initial investigation showed the deceased was a man who was believed to have been dead for more than a year.

“No fractures were found in the skeleton,” he said, adding that the remains had been there for a long time.

In the afternoon, the area was cordoned off and a section of Kwun Tong-bound Wai Yip Street was also closed to traffic as officers investigated. The force’s forensic pathologists were also called to collect evidence.

The source said officers would check missing persons files in an effort to establish the body’s identity.

The spokeswoman said crime-squad officers from Sau Mau Ping police station were looking into the case.

In 2010, a badly-decomposed body of a man was found on a remote hillside in Sai Kung Country Park with his wrists and ankles chained and padlocked. About three-quarters of the body had decomposed when it was found by a group of hikers in the dry part of the stream bed.

Police suspected the unidentified man was a mainland raider of Buddhist pines, also known as fung shui trees, but it was not clear why he was chained and padlocked. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

 

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