A brawl has reportedly broken out at a mobile phone shop in the Kota Raya shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur today, leaving two with minor injuries.

The incident took place just two days after Malay Army Veterans Association member Mohd Ali Baharom led a protest at the same mall.

According to The Star Online today, the fight broke out at about 5pm today when a group of about 20 people went to confront the workers at the shop that supposedly scammed them.

Just prior to the brawl, the Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) was supposedly holding a press conference outside the shop to demand for refunds for those allegedly cheated by the shop.

However, Dang Wangi CID chief M Gunalan reportedly said the brawlers are believed to be from a separate group.

“They came shortly after the group held a press conference outside the shop to demand refunds. There were about 20 men who came with sticks and helmets and got into a fight with about eight workers in the shop.

“From what we can see, only one table was smashed by the brawlers and a few handphones are missing. Those injured are being treated for minor bruises at the Tung Shin Hospital,” he was quoted as saying.

The report said the situation is now under control, and the police are still on the lookout for the suspects who sparked the brawl.

Meanwhile, an Oriental Daily report on the same incident said that in the immediate aftermath of the altercation, the Kota Raya shopping complex's management had shuttered the mall entrance, and the police were still inside conducting investigations.

Previously, a customer at the mall was allegedly confined by a shopkeeper for four hours after he changed his mind about purchasing four mobile phones.

A consumer tribunal has ruled in the customer's favour on Dec 15.

Nevertheless, Mohd Ali and fewer than 20 others held a protest at the mall in response to the incident.

Mohd Ali is also popularly known by his moniker Ali Tinju.

PPIM had distanced itself from Mohd Ali's protest, saying that it was purely a consumer rights issue and had nothing to do with race.