KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 -- Police are hunting three men, including a suspect with a prior criminal record, in connection with the assault of a 47-year-old man in Puchong early yesterday morning.

Subang Jaya deputy police chief Superintendent Mohd Fairus Jaafar said the main suspect is believed to have attacked the victim with the help of two accomplices.

"We are in the midst of tracking down all three suspects," he said when contacted, according to The Star.

Mohd Fairus said the victim was assaulted with a knife and an iron rod at about 2.15am on May 24 at an apartment in Taman Puchong Intan.

"We received a call from a woman claiming that her boyfriend was attacked at her residence," he said.

"Initial investigations showed that the vict...