KAJANG: Closed circuit television (CCTV) footage depicting three workers at a restaurant here being physically abused, berated and humiliated by their employers and superiors has gone viral on social media, and triggered a police investigation.

The nearly seven minute-long video shows two diminutive young men and a petite woman being lined up and berated, shoved, slapped and punched by a co-worker at the behest of a large man believed to be their employer.

The scene, which unfolded in the busy kitchen of the Bandar Sungai Long restaurant over the weekend, is difficult to stomach and has horrified and outraged netizens far and wide.

None of the three abused staff – who appeared terrified throughout the ordeal – retaliated, but after the footage was leaked and went viral on the internet, one of them found the courage to lodge a police report, early today.

It is learnt that the victim sustained injuries from the abuse, and had to seek outpatient treatment at the Kajang Hospital.