12-year-old boy beaten by group of men over alleged power bank theft in KL food court
The incident has since turned into a rallying point for bigger conversations about community behaviour, mob mentality and how fast moral judgement can turn physical in the digital age.
SHAH ALAM – It started with a shaky phone video: a small boy, frightened and hurt, surrounded by several grown men in the middle of a bustling food court.
Within hours, the clip was everywhere. By the next day, it had blown up across social media, leaving one collective question echoing through the comments: What on earth were they thinking?
The incident took place at a People’s Housing Project (PPR) in Kuala Lumpur, where a 12-year-old boy was beaten after being accused of stealing a power bank.
The video is short, grainy and hard to watch, but it was enough to trigger a storm of anger online.
According to Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Fadil Marsus, the attack happened after the suspects accused the boy of stealing a power bank that supposedly belonged to a friend of one of them.
“The victim sustained minor injuries to his forehead and mouth before receiving treatment at Kuala Lumpur Hospital,” Fadil said in a statement.
Police have since arrested three local men, aged between 49 and 61, in separate operations in Kelantan and Kuala Lumpur.
“Further investigations are ongoing and the investigation papers will be completed for further action,” he added.
The case is being investigated under Section 323 and Section 506 of the Penal Code, which deal with voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
The clip has since turned into a rallying point for bigger conversations about community behaviour, mob mentality and how fast moral judgement can turn physical in the digital age.
Because if there’s one thing the internet agrees on, it’s that adults should know better.
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