Bystanders called police at about 9pm on November 7 after a 41-year-old Filipino man collapsed near a plaza in Central. Officers found him unconscious with a head injury.
Police said preliminary inquiries indicated that he had argued with two men over what they described as an attitude issue, then was punched and kicked. He was taken by ambulance to Queen Mary Hospital.
On November 8, police arrested two Filipino men, aged 44 and 52, in Kowloon City and Wan Chai on suspicion of wounding. Both were being detained for investigation.