A Malacca PKR leader's Toyota Vios was torched late Saturday in Kampung Krubong there, while he and a group of PKR and Bersatu leaders met with villagers.

"I suspect this is arson," Mohd Nasir Mamat said in his police report.

He told Malaysiakini that the car was torched at about 11.50pm, about 30 minutes after the group arrived to meet with locals at a coffee shop.

They planned to invite the locals to a ceramah organised at the village on Nov 26, featuring Bersatu chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad and president Muhyiddin Yassin.