Hong Kong police find dead man in drain in New Territories, investigating foul play

Hong Kong police are investigating if foul play was involved in the death of an elderly man whose body was found in a drain in New Territories.

Officers were called in on Wednesday at around 11.08am when a worker found the body in the drainage channel on a slope off the Sham Tseng section of Castle Peak Road in Tsuen Wan.

A police spokesman said the victim was thought to be aged around 70.