A cook was severely assaulted by a triad-linked mob in Yuen Long, a town in New Territories in Hong Kong, on July 21, as he was on his way home after work.

Severely injured with torn skin on his back

Photos from various media show marks on his back with torn skin, swollen forehead, as well as wounded and swollen arms and ankles.

Cook caught up in shocking violence near #YuenLong MTR station tells of his horrific ordeal when 20 people attacked him with sticks and canes as he made his way home from work https://t.co/MSYyLyKXh0 via @scmpnews pic.twitter.com/MCM2hewFxM

— David Moore@SCMP (@DavidMooreSCMP) July 23, 2019

Speaking to the media on July 23 from the hospital, the 23-year-old cook named Calvin So claimed that he was the one being attacked in a widely circulated video, in which a group of men in white shirt were seen beating a man in black shirt repeatedly using sticks.

The attack lasted for five minutes, according to South China Morning Post.

Assaulted after saying "there are so many people in white clothes here"

So said he was walking towards a MTR exit at 9:45pm after finishing work on Sunday night at a restaurant in Yoho Mall, a shopping mall next to Yuen Long MTR station.

More photos from Yuen Long. pic.twitter.com/hqiLbQSwiN

— antiELAB (@anti_elab) July 21, 2019

So was intimidated and attacked by a group of 20 men after saying: "There are so many people in white clothes here."

The men who assaulted him reportedly kept saying during the assault, "Create mess in Hong Kong? Wear black shirt?", reported HK01.

So claimed that he explained to the group that he had just finished work, but the men ignored him and continued to chase after him.

He fell to the ground at some point, while some people splashed an unknown liquid onto him.

"They beat people up indiscriminately... It was really terrifying, because they hit very hard.", he added.

The 23-year-old then fled to a 7-Eleven convenience store as he waited for paramedics.

He also lost his phone and glasses in this incident.

"It is haunting, it gives you lingering fear"

Speaking to HK01, So hoped that the police will fully investigate the incident to prevent similar events from happening in the future.

"There should be at least a public explanation, it is unacceptable to see those people randomly attacking others", said the cook, as reported by SCMP.

"I will not walk past the same area from now on as I go to work and get off work. The experience of being beaten up is haunting, it gives you lingering fear," he added.

Hong Kong police have started conducting raids on gangsters involved.

Top image via HK01