Maungdaw, Arakan State: Seven Arakanese Rohingya villagers were sentenced to five years in jail each on February 1 by the Maungdaw court. The conviction was to do with the murder of two Natala villagers’ by unknown miscreants on September 24, 2009, said a close relative of one of the victims in Maungdaw.

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Five Arakanese Rohingya refugees were arrested by police on February 3, and sent to Cox’s Bazar jail while on their way to Cox’s Bazar from Nayapara camp to work, said a  relative of  one of  the arrested refugees who declined to be named.