The police arrested a housewife on polling day on May 9 on suspicion of planning to ram a car into voters at a polling station, inspector-general of police Mohamad Fuzi Harun revealed today.

The 51-year-old woman, who was arrested by a Special Branch Counter Terrorism squad in Puchong, had planned to ram the car into non-Muslim voters, he said in a statement.

He also said that the woman, who was believed to be involved with a terrorist group, had also planned to ram a car loaded with gas cylinders, purportedly as explosives, onto non-Muslim houses of worship.

Fuzi also said that between March 27 and May 9, the police arrested 15 people aged between 17 and 51, including the housewife, on suspicion of being involved in terrorist groups, in police operations in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Kelantan and Sabah.

Six of those arrested were Malaysians, two were Filipino nationals with permanent resident status, a married couple from northern Africa, four Filipino nationals and a Bangladeshi national, he added.

-- Bernama