Dhaka, April 7 -- ARSA chief Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi has said the land in Myanmar's Arakan belongs to the Rohingya people.

While appearing in court for a case in Bandarban, he said: "The Rohingya people will get the land in Arakan. We will [reclaim] it if God wills. The land of Arakan is ours."

He also expressed gratitude to the people and government of Bangladesh for providing refuge to the Rohingya people.

Jununi, the head of the armed Rohingya organisation named Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), was produced in two cases of murder and attempt to murder at Naikhongchhari Police Station. His lawyer appealed for bail.

After the hearing, Additional District and Sessions Judge Arun Paul and Chief Judicial Magistrate Nazmul Hossai...