KLUANG: Three men were arrested in separate police raids yesterday for allegedly attacking a man in Taman Lian Seng here on Friday.
The suspects aged between 20 and 30, were apprehended in Simpang Renggam and Iskandar Puteri at 1.15am.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Bahrin Mohd Noh said the trio tested negative for drugs, but one of them had two criminal records.
The victim, who was severely injured, was admitted to the Kluang Hospital.
"He suffered a broken jaw and ankle, besides bruises all over his body," Bahrin said, adding that police believed the assaulters had used blunt objects taken from a motorcycle workshop nearby as weapons to assault the victim.
Earlier, footage of the assault went viral on social media, particularly among WhatsApp's groups of resident associations here.
The video showed the attack occurring in front of a motorcycle workshop, and the three men could be seen violently attacking a shirtless man.
One of the men then used a motorcycle sports rim to hit the victim's face.
The first 30 seconds of the footage recorded by passers-by showed the victim attempting to flee the scene, but his attackers managed to catch him.
The second footage, which was provided to the "New Straits Times" by a reader who claimed to witness the incident, depicted the victim cowering from numerous blows that the men rained down on him.
Bahrin said investigations were underway to establish the motive behind the assault.