The Maluku Sovereignty Front (, FKM) is a secessionist movement on Ambon Island, aiming to restore the Republic of the South Moluccas (RMS).Christian separatist on trial in Indonesia, BBC, 19 August 2002. It was established on 15 June 2000 at Ambon.Front Kedaulatan Maluku (Maluku Sovereignty Front) Globalsecurity.org
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.
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.
The leader of the FKM organisation Alex Manuputty has fled to the United States, but continues to support independence.
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.
See also Separatism in Indonesia Invasion of Ambon Republic of South Maluku
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