KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Police have arrested five men, aged between 30 and 40, on suspicion of being involved in an attack on a man using dangerous weapons at a housing area in Petaling Jaya on Friday.
Petaling Jaya District Police Chief ACP Shamsudin Mamat said that during the arrests, police also seized a machete and a saw believed to have been used in the incident.
“At 1.03am yesterday (Friday), the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters (IPD) received a police report from a local man stating that he had been attacked by several individuals. Police also tracked down a video related to the incident that went viral on social media,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He added that three of the arrested suspects have multiple past records involving criminal and drug offences, while the other two have no recorded criminal history.
