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Police will continue to refer to KMM as Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, whose members have been arrested under the Internal Security Act, despite recent news reports describing it as Kumpulan Militan Malaysia.

Bukit Aman public relations officer ASP Samsudin Ali said the police would stick to the original term used by Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai in his statement on the group recently.

"I am not sure where the media derived the term 'militant' from," he told malaysiakini .

Local newspapers including national news agency Bernama used the term 'militant' instead of 'Mujahidin' in their reports two days ago.

However, The Star and The Sun newspapers, which had referred to KMM as Kumpulan Militan Malaysia, went back to its original term in their news reports today.

Investigation continues

Meanwhile, Samsudin said that police were still investigating the link between KMM and the bombing of two churches and a shopping complex in Jakarta.

The Jakarta Metro Police identified a number of Malaysians linked to the blasts of the churches on July 22 and the Atrium Plaza on Aug 1.

Wisma Putra earlier confirmed that one of the severely injured victims was Malaysian Taufik Abdul Halim, who goes by the Indonesian name of Yudi Mulya Purnomo alias Dani. He has been linked to the bombings.

Samsudin, however, said that Taufik's identity has yet to be ascertained. It is believed that Taufik and Dani may be two different individuals.

The Bukit Aman public relations officer added that the team of Malaysian police sent to investigate in Indonesia this week were still in Jakarta and have yet to come up with further details.

Passport impounded

Samsudin also said that police were investigating how Taufik had entered Indonesia as his passport had been impounded by the Immigration Department for security reasons.

Newspapers reported that Taufik's passport was withdrawn after his return from Pakistan in 1996.

Taufik, 26, studied architecture at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Kluang, Johor.

He and six others were reported to have left the state in May last year and headed to the Nunukan island, off Tawau. They then proceeded to Sulawesi and joined local Muslim militants in Maluku.

The group later disbanded and some of them joined the jihad group in Ambon, while the rest including Taufik moved to Jakarta.