Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Rohingya refugees and arrested two human traffickers in Cox’s Bazar as they were attempting to travel to Malaysia on Thursday, February 14, 2019 Dhaka TribuneAuthorities said the refugees will be sent back to camps and the traffickers will face chargesRapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the police in separate drives have detained 43 Rohingya refugees and arrested two human traffickers in Cox’s Bazar as they were attempting to travel to Malaysia. A dozen Rohingya refugees, along with two traffickers, were detained from the city’s Bazarghata area on Thursday morning. The two traffickers were identified as Nurul Islam, a Bangladeshi, and Nizam Uddin, a Rohingya. On Wednesday, 31 Rohingya refugees, who also intended to travel to Malaysia on trawlers, were detained from Sonadia island in Maheshkhali upazila. The authorities concerned said the refugees would be sent back to the camps and the traffickers will face legal action.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 14, 2019 13:07 UTC