MUAIYA. Manobo. Muawiyah.

Real or aliases, they are the names used by a Singaporean terrorist.

He is an Indian Muslim linked to regional terror network Jemaah Islamiah (JI), with skills in logistics and financial planning, and who is now working as a 'consultant' to Filipino bandit group Abu Sayyaf.

This is what security expert Professor Rommel Banlaoi told The Sunday Times.

The academic was in Singapore last week to release his book, Philippine Security in the Age of Terror.

Some reports had suggested that Muaiya could have been killed in a Philippine counter-terror operation earlier this year, but Prof Banlaoi said his information suggests that he is alive.

Read the full story in tomorrow's edition of The Sunday Times.