Police investigate after woman found dead in Melbourne’s Chinatown

The body of a woman has been found in Melbourne's Chinatown and police can't yet say if the death is suspicious or not.

SES workers at the crime scene on Little Bourke St in Melbourne. Source: AAP

Mystery surrounds the death of a woman whose body was found in Melbourne's Chinatown.

A member of the public found the body at the intersection of Little Bourke St and Celestial Ave about 6.30am on Wednesday.

"My very early reading of that is she was [already] deceased but I can't confirm that at the moment, we're still in the early planning stages," Victoria Police Acting Superintendent Craig Peel told reporters.

"A member of the public did call triple-0 and reported the incident."

Superintendent Peel said the cause of death remained unclear, and the woman's identity had not yet been confirmed or her next-of-kin notified.