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It’s a double-edged sword. Massive media publicity can galvanise the public to be on the lookout for missing people, especially children, before anything tragic happens.

Information of the suspects, via photofits or CCTV images, can also help the people alert the authorities and bring the perpetrators to justice.

This is so apparent in the ongoing search for five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.

But such publicity also gives mischief-makers a field day, resulting in false leads, causing even more pain and anxiety to the family.

There are many strange and sick people out there who spread devious information and are prepared to profit from the misery of others.

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The man, who was arrested on Sunday following a tipoff that he resembled the photofit of the Catman, was released after police found no evidence to link him to the molest of three girls in Kampung Baru last year, the abduction of a six-year-old girl from Petaling Jaya last week and the Nurin case.

Another security guard, 43, who was picked up on Saturday in Chow Kit, was also released on Tuesday.

Kuala Lumpur CID chief SAC II Ku ChinWah said that the release of the suspects does not mean that police have stopped investigating the case.

“We are streamlining our efforts with Selangor police to track down missing five-yearold Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.”

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