Police have charged a 22-year-old man with murder over the charred body found inside a container in Yuen Long on August 25. He will appear in Tuen Mun Magistracy today.

At about 8am on August 25, a passer-by called Police saying smoke was coming from a container on a plot of land near Pok Wai South Road. A charred body was found inside.

A post-mortem examination confirmed the deceased to be a middle-aged Asian woman but could not ascertain the cause of her death pending toxicological examination.

Investigations are continuing.