Dong Chung was surprised to find the floating corpse of the man.
At about 3 am today (18th), some fishermen found a human-shaped object floating and sinking on the sea surface more than ten meters offshore while fishing at the Tung Chung Development Pier (also known as: Tung Chung New Pier) on Tung Chung Haibin Road. , hurriedly called the police.
Rescuers arrived and immediately retrieved the humanoid object, which was identified as a man, but was apparently dead at the time.
A large number of police officers searched the deceased's belongings at the scene.
(Photo by Huang Jiangqi)
According to on-site news, the deceased was about 50 to 70 years old. When he was picked up, he was fully dressed, but his body was severely blackened and swollen.
Afterwards, a large number of police officers searched the deceased's belongings at the scene to investigate whether there was anything suspicious.
The police are now investigating the identity of the deceased and the cause of falling into the sea.
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The source said that when the deceased was found, he was wearing a drag-type rucksack loaded with heavy objects.
(Photo by Huang Jiangqi)
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