Seri Alam Police chief, Supt Jokhiri Abd Aziz said the incident that went viral on social media occurred when police raided a room occupied by the three suspects of the gang, aged 24 and 25 years, in Taman Scientex, Pasir Gudang, at 1.15pm.

One of them was caught in the room after a struggle with a police officer.

Another jumped from the third floor room through a window, causing him to break his leg and hurt his backbone.

“The third suspect tried to escape by hanging on to the window sill and the building edge, and then jumped on to the first floor roof of the hotel, but was hurt in his shoulder.

“The two suspects who are injured are receiving medical treatment at Sultan Ismail Hospital,” he said in a statement, here yesterday.

Jokhiri said that one of the three men was a local, another a Filipino and the third an Indonesian.

Checks in the hotel room also found two parangs, a knife, a hammer, four handphones, two watches, three motorcycle keys and a helmet.

Also seized was a Modenas Dinamik motorcycle with a fake registration number that was reported missing in Taman Scientex, Pasir Gudang.

“The gang is suspected to have been involved in several robberies targetting budget hotels besides stealing vehicles in the Johor Baru area over the past three months.

“They have admitted to at least seven cases in the Seri Alam area,” he said.

The suspects would be remanded to aid investigation under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code for gang robbery, Section 379A of the Penal Code for theft of a motor vehicle and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for not having valid travel documents.