KUALA LUMPUR: Too much publicity on snatch theft cases will scare away tourists, said Mohammed M. Daud, the undersecretary of the tourism division in the Tourism Ministry.
Although the percentage of the crime is small, news of snatch thefts on the front page of local newspapers daily will portray the wrong image of the country and hinder the tourism industry.
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