KUALA LUMPUR: A brave teenager who went to the aid of a snatch theft victim ended up dead after falling from his motorcycle when it was kicked by one of the suspects.

Mustakim Minsawi, 17, a Form Five student, had just finished his part-time job at a fastfood restaurant in Bangsar at 5am when he and colleague Mohd Ridzuam Mohd Hussain witnessed the crime.

"After our breakfast at a shop in Dataran Merdeka at around 5.45am, we were about to leave when we saw two people on a motorcycle dressed as policemen approaching a couple by the sidewalk and demanded to check the woman's IC," Mohd Ridzuam said when met at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital morgue yesterday.

He said when the woman was looking in her purse, one of the men snatched it. They then sped off.

Mustakim and Mohd Ridzuam each jumped on their motorcycles and gave chase for about 2km.

"We didn't wear our helmets because we were planning to use it to throw it at the thieves when we got close," he recalled.

Mohd Ridzuam said suddenly, two men on another motorcycle came out of nowhere near the Dayabumi building and one of them kicked Mustakim, causing him to fall.

Mustakim's head was bleeding profusely and he was rushed to Kuala Lumpur Hospital but succumbed to his injuries at about 6.10am.

Mustakim's parents and four other siblings were too distraught to talk to reporters at the hospital.