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

Between March 27 and May 9, he said, 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, and four were Filipino nationals. Police also nabbed a married couple from northern Africa and a Bangladeshi national, he added.