SEPANG: Two restaurant workers ended up injured when they were beaten up by three patrons who are believed to be drunk after telling the trio not to take food using their fingers at a restaurant in Cyberjaya yesterday.
Police, however, managed to arrest the three men today.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police received a report regarding the incident from the manager of the restaurant and they managed to apprehend three suspects aged 50 and 51 at two separate locations.
He said the case was being investigated under sections 324, 327 and 506 of the Penal Code.
Wan Kamarul said initial investigations found that the three men were at the restaurant together and getting their food when one of them used his fingers to pick up food.
He said one of the restaurant workers told the man not to do so, enraging him.
The man then proceeded to assault the restaurant worker.
"Following the incident, the victim claimed that he sustained bruising and injuries to his neck, head, left shoulder and ear as a result of being repeatedly hit by the suspect," he said in a statement.
In fact, Wan Kamarul Azran said that the restaurant worker who was assaulted was also threatened by the two other suspects, which caused the restaurant worker to be even more fearful of them.
Another worker who tried to stop the assault also suffered injuries.
Earlier a video went viral on social media of two men assaulting a restaurant worker at the restaurant's premises, damaging the restaurant's furniture, appliances and cutlery as well.
Wan Kamarul Azran said that the complainant, who is the manager of the restaurant, claimed that the establishment suffered losses because of the damage caused by assault, including food being spoilt and having to be thrown away.
He said initial investigations revealed that two of the suspects, who work as a tour guide and a taxi driver, have criminal records for crime and drug-related offences.