Buthidaung, 17th January 03: "A number of Burmese families have arrived at Buthidaung, a township close to the south-eastern part of Bangladesh, on the 11th January, according to our correspondent. The thirty-seven families have been brought from Rangoon to be rehabilitated in the western Burmese state under the arrangements made by the ruling Burmese junta, SPDC (State Peace and Development Council). According to sources in the Nasaka security forces these families are part of the ninth batch of Burman nationals ?rehabilitated? in Rakhine State..."