Leadership:  Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin , et. all
Activities:  Malaysia is currently holding 48 alleged members of the KMM and its more extremist wing under the ISA for activities deemed threatening to Malaysia’s national security, including planning to wage a jihad, possession of weaponry, bombings and robberies, the murder of a former state assemblyman, and planning attacks on foreigners, including US citizens. Several of the arrested militants have reportedly undergone military training in Afghanistan, and some fought with the Afghan mujahidin during the war against the former Soviet Union. Others are alleged to have ties to Islamic extremist organizations in Indonesia and the Philippines. 

External Aid:  Largely unknown, probably self-financing; possible al-Qaida support.

Strength: Malaysian police assess the KMM to have 70 to 80 members.

Nurjaman Riduan Isamuddin