PETALING JAYA: A college student, who was invited by her three foreign friends to their Flora Damansara apartment, was allegedly raped and locked in their apartment.

The student, who had a cellular phone, managed to contact her friends who rushed to the unit where they found her crying.

OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said her friends contacted the police who arrived within minutes and arrested the three foreigners.

"The three are being detained at the district police headquarters to assist in investigations.

"The 24-year-old victim was sent to hospital and we are waiting for the medical report to ascertain if she was raped," he said, adding that the suspects were all students in their 20s.