| Fact Sheet Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State Washington, DC March 27, 2007 Terrorist Added to Rewards For Justice Most-Wanted ListSecretary Rice Authorizes Up To $5 Million Reward
Zulkifli bin Hir has been added to most-wanted list of the Rewards for Justice program, administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Zulkifli bin Hir is a Malaysian citizen born in 1966 in Muar, Johor. An engineer trained in the United States, he is allegedly the head of the Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) terrorist organization and a member of Jemaah Islamiyah’s markaziyah, or central command. He has been present in the Philippines since August 2003, where he is believed to have conducted bomb-making training for the Abu Sayyaf Group. His younger brother, Taufik bin Abdul Halim, a.k.a. Dany, was involved in the 2001 Jakarta Atrium Mall bombing, and is currently in detention in Indonesia. Anyone with information on Zulkifli bin Hir or any past or planned act of international terrorism against United States persons or property anywhere in the world is urged to contact the Rewards for Justice program:
Internet: www.rewardsforjustice.net The identity of all individuals providing information will remain strictly confidential. Since its inception, Rewards for Justice has paid more than $62 million to more than 40 people who have provided credible information that has brought terrorists to justice or prevented acts of international terrorism. Established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, the program is administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the U.S. Department of State’s law enforcement and security arm. The special agents, engineers, and security professionals of the Bureau are responsible for the security of 285 U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world. In the United States, Diplomatic Security personnel protect the U.S. Secretary of State and high-ranking foreign dignitaries and officials visiting the United States, investigate passport and visa fraud, and conduct personnel security investigations. More information about the U.S. Department of State and the Bureau of Diplomatic Security may be obtained at www.state.gov/m/ds.
Contact: Kendal Smith
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The Department of State is offering a new reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Zulkifli bin Hir (a.k.a. Marwan), a notorious terrorist believed to be involved in multiple deadly bomb attacks in the Philippines.