ABSTRACT
The presence of terrorist networks linked to al-Qaeda in Southeast Asia surfaced with the arrests in Malaysia and Singapore of militants associated with Jemaah Islamiyah. The key figures in this regional network were Indonesian clerics who had settled in Malaysia in the 1990s: Mohamad Iqbal Abdur Rahman alias Abu Jibril; the aforementioned Abu Bakar Bashir alias Abdus Samad; and Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali. Part of the network was uncovered in May and June 2001, with the arrests of 25 suspected KMM members. Among the detainees were Nik Adli Nik Aziz and Indonesian cleric Abu Jibril. Abu Jibril is believed to have played a key role in the KMM, and in arranging meetings between al-Qaeda representatives and Indonesian militant groups.
