The United States has listed 10 Malaysians as alleged members of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network and ordered a freeze of their financial assets, according to a US government website.

The 10 have been added to a Specially Designated Global Terrorists' notification list posted on the US Office of Foreign Asset Controls official website.

The United States on Friday announced a freeze on the assets of 10 other alleged JI members - mainly Indonesians - including top operatives said to be responsible for last October's deadly Bali bombings.

The 10 Malaysians - already listed as terror suspected by Malaysian authorities -- are Sulaiman Abas, Azahari Husin, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, retired Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Manaf Kasmuri, Zulkifli Marzuki, Amran Mansour, Yazid Sufaat, Noordin Mohamed Top, Wan Min Wan Mat and Zaini Zakaria.

Four at large

Of the 10, five are being held at detention centres in Malaysia under the country's tough Internal Security Act, which allows for detention without trial.

Four are still at large, according to a security official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

They are Azahari Husin, Zulkifli Abdul Hir, Zulkifli Marzuki and Noordin Mohamed Top, he said.

The 10th, Sulaiman Abas, was arrested by Indonesian police early this year and is being questioned by them, he said. - AFP