Naked man on Hong Kong MTR stopped during evening rush hour
First seen on street in Tsim Sha Tsui and later arrested in North Point station, he is said to have told a security guard he was living in a game world
Pictures taken by passers-by showed the man, 20, waiting for a train on a platform and riding at least two subway cars while just wearing a pair of foam clogs. The images started to go viral online from Wednesday evening, hours after the Hong Kong Observatory posted a temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius for the city – the highest recording this year.
The naked man appeared to be calm and walking at a normal pace when he was first spotted near Hankow Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, where he approached an ATM.
Carrying a mobile phone and a wallet, he went down to the MTR station in Tsim Sha Tsui and waited for a train to cross the harbour at about 7pm.
The man drew significant attention in the station as it was packed with commuters during the evening rush hour. Passengers alerted subway staff.
MTR employees at Tsim Sha Tsui station saw the man boarding a train bound for Central. The railway control centre informed the station crew one stop away, at Admiralty station, an MTR spokesman said.
