Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the three are among the 119 Malaysians who are involved with the IS.
From those identified, 60 have been arrested in Malaysia, 46 are still in Syria and 10 have been killed either in the conflict in Syria or as suicide bombers.
Wan Junaidi said this when responding to a question by Senator Datuk S Vigneswaran at the Dewan Negara today.
"I don't want to elaborate any more than I have already (in the Dewan). The three have not been arrested yet, police are still looking for them.
"We have identified the locations they have been to and are likely to be at.
"There is no way they can influence other people here as they are aware that the police is looking for them," he told reporters outside the Dewan Negara.
Wan Junaidi added that the families of the three suspects have also been identified. and that information about these suspects were obtained through international intelligence.
He added that those arrested were part of the total 92 people arrested recently for involvement in IS militant activities and for plotting terror attacks here.
Wan Junaidi said the ministry is waiting for the Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015 to be enacted and for the Dewan Negara to decide on the bill that was passed in Dewan Rakyat on April 7 at 2.30am.
"Even if we arrest them, they are governed by the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, through which they can be detained for 60 days if there is enough evidence to charge in court, however, if there is not enough evidence, they have to be released," he said.
Earlier in the Dewan, Wan Junaidi said the names of those arrested and identified will be listed out and given to the immigration department to be blacklisted and checked at all entry points to country.
He said foreigners travelling to Malaysia as tourists will go through a detailed screening process before leaving their countries.
Wan Junaidi said the influence to join IS or terrorists groups are due to hatred and anger towards United States' attacks on Iraq and influences from social media and peer groups.
"From what we have gathered, those easily influenced are the ones with shallow religious knowledge and have strong desire to enter heaven faster.
"They think they can use jihad as a way to cleanse themselves and as a faster means of entering heaven," he said.
He added that the government, with the help of NGOs, has already embarked on conducting seminars and programmes to explain the real concept of Jihad in Islam.
"Some of them are convinced that IS or militancy is the only way to fight the western forces due to hatred and anger towards the US attacks in Iraq and so on," Wan Junaidi said.
He reiterated that the government, with the help of Multimedia and Communication Commission of Malaysia, will clamp down on sites that are spreading terrorism ideology and block its accessibility in the country.
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