The Maluku Sovereignty Front (Indonesian: Front Kedaulatan Maluku, FKM) is a secessionist movement on Ambon Island, aiming to restore the Republic of the South Moluccas (RMS).[1] It was established on 15 June 2000 at Ambon.[2]
| Maluku Sovereignty Front | |
|---|---|
| Front Kedaulatan Maluku | |
 Emblem of Maluku Sovereignty Front Representative in the US | |
| Other name | Front for the Sovereignty of the Moluccas |
Leader | Alex Manuputty |
| Active regions | Maluku Islands |
| Ideology | Moluccan nationalism Liberal conservatism Anti-communism |
They have been monitored by the Indonesian military for stockpiling weapons and other activities. Indonesian sources claim that the group first emerged in January 1999.[citation needed]
One of their activities has been to fly the banned flag of the Republic of South Maluku in public places to commemorate an unsuccessful secession attempt in 1950.[3]
The leader of the FKM organisation Alex Manuputty has fled to the United States, but continues to support independence.[4]
In 2025, a Maluku police report suspected that FKM might still exist, later holding joint patrols in anticipation for separatist activity on 25 April. Though nothing came about.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Christian separatist on trial in Indonesia, BBC, 19 August 2002.
- ↑ Front Kedaulatan Maluku (Maluku Sovereignty Front) Globalsecurity.org
- ↑ Chris Brummitt, Christian separatist leader threatens to raise independence flags in Maluku, Associated Press, 5 April 2002.
- ↑ "Live video footage interview with Alex Manuputty in exile, in the USA". Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
- ↑ "Antisipasi adanya gerakan separatis, Polres Kepulauan Tanimbar gelar Patroli gabungan TNI-Polri". Website Resmi Polda Maluku (in Indonesian). Polres Kepulauan Tanimbar. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
Further reading
edit- "Romanticism of South Maluku separatists in exile". Jakarta Post. December 6, 2010.
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