Elderly man died in hospital after he was found lying unconscious in 10th-floor stairwell of Ming Sau Building

Hong Kong police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly man who was found collapsed inside the stairwell of a North Point building.

The force received a report from a security guard at 3pm on Wednesday that the 75-year-old man was discovered lying unconscious in the 10th-floor stairwell of Ming Sau Building on Chun Yeung Street.

Paramedics transported him to Ruttonjee Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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