Klang Selatan police chief Cha Hoong Fong said all the suspects, who wore masks and gloves, were believed to have entered the two-storey terraced house through the rear door where they parked their vehicle.

“After entering the house, the suspects bound the hands and mouths of four members of the family and forced them into two rooms. Another victim was not tied up due to his age.

“Several suspects also hit a 45-year-old female victim on her nose and body before knocking her on the head with the back of a parang,” he said in a statement today.

Cha said the suspects ransacked the house and escaped through the back door with RM4,000 in cash, jewellery worth about RM20,000 and five mobile phones.

He said the five victims were aged between 38 and 70.

According to Cha, police received information about the getaway vehicle which was found in an alley in Taman Desawan, Klang. All the suspects had fled.

He said a check on the car’s registration number revealed it to be fake.

Earlier, a video showing a group of masked men leaving a house and getting into a car went viral on social media.