Georgetown, Malaysia - A 41-year-old car salesman was torched to death in a showroom here during a RM2 million car heist early today. Preliminary investigations showed Lim Swee Hua also suffered multiple bodily injuries.

At least eight luxury cars were reported stolen - two BMW 5 series cars, a BMW 3 series, two Toyota Alphards, a Toyota Estima, a Mercedes Benz CLS 300 and a Honda Odyssey - from the Rahman Brothers reconditioned car showroom in Jalan Mesjid Negeri in the 4am incident.

The fire destroyed the showroom's interior.