Suspected snatch thief falls, dies in attempt to jump to adjacent building


GEORGE TOWN: A 29-year-old man suspected of committing snatch theft fell to his death from the third floor of a hotel here Monday in an attempt to escape pursuers.

In the 8.30pm incident, the man and a female accomplice on a motorcycle allegedly snatched a handphone from a tourist having a drink at a coffee shop near the hotel.

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