KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese tourist who was in the midst of capturing a selfie video at Dataran Merdeka lost her handbag to a snatch thief who sneaked up behind her on a motorcycle on Tuesday.

The incident that she incidentally captured on her cellphone showed the victim taking a video of herself with a selfie stick when a motorcyclist rides up and snatches her pink handbag before escaping.

The 10-second video ends when the victim who is a businesswoman falls as a result.

A tour bus is seen in the background and it is believed the woman was on a sight-seeing trip.

Dang Wangi police chief ACP Mohd Sukri Kaman said the foreigner did not suffer any injuries.

He said the woman only lost her personal document as there were no valuable items in her handbag.

Mohd Sukri said the woman lodged a police report at the Genting Highlands police station later before leaving for overseas.

He said police have initiated a probe on the case and urged witnesses who have information on the snatch thief to come forward.

Below is a video the incident:

