31 Four [Rohingya] from Bangladesh were thrown into the sea. They all disappeared. They took them to the back of the boat near the toilet and pushed them into the water. They treated us very bad, beating everyone. I was unable to eat. There was no food. 35 “Abdul Haman,” 17, told Fortify Rights: Two people were very hungry and asked for water [while on the ship], and then the dallals beat them for several hours. Afterwards, these people became crazy and the dallals threw them overboard . . . The dallals took the people by the arms and legs, and they threw them overboard. I saw this with my own eyes. Everybody saw this. No one tried to stop them, because everyone was scared.36 “Rahim Ullah,” a 16-year-old Rohingya boy, who fled his home in Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in May 2014, witnessed killings at sea and deaths from deprivations of food and water while on board a human-trafficking ship captained by a Thai-Malay man. He said: About 12 people died on our journey. When they were beaten [by traffickers], they were in a lot of pain, and there was a shortage of water and food. We prayed and cried for rain, so we could get some water to drink. One of the 12 people, the traffickers knew he would die, so the men threw his body overboard while he was still alive. He was an older man . . . Every day, someone died. It was because of thirst—the old men died from that—and the beatings. There was only a little rice.37 A 65-year-old Rohingya man who fled from the refugee camps in Bangladesh told Fortify Rights: “Many people came from the refugee camp. There were 300 to 500 people on our ship. At least seven people died—from malaria, diarrhea, dysentery, swelling, beatings.”38 “Mohammed Ishmael,” 20, fled an internment camp outside Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar in February 2014, and said traffickers ferried him to an overcrowded ship in the Bay of Bengal, carrying an estimated 400 people. He said: I got on the fishing boat and then was taken to the Bay of Bengal. The ship was waiting there for us. There were over 400 people on the big boat. On the boat, we were beaten very brutally by guards [from Myanmar]. Many people died on the boat . . . The guards threw some people in the water. The guards threw seven people in the water. At least 20 to 30 people died on the boat, including the seven people thrown into the water. They couldn’t get proper food and water. 39 A 20-year-old Rohingya woman, who fled Sittwe Township in Rakhine State, Myanmar in June 2014, told Fortify Rights: Sixteen men died on the boat. Although we were in the lower hold of the boat, we knew when someone died because we could hear the men crying and could look out from the hold to see the body. When someone died, the dallals threw their bodies overboard. I saw with my own eyes 12 bodies thrown overboard.40 “Kaledah,” an 18-year-old Rohingya woman from Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State, who fled Myanmar in 2014, told Fortify Rights: “So many people were sick on the boat. One person died on the boat. I saw the dallals throw his body into the water.”41 35 Fortify Rights interview with #15, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 12, 2014. 36 Fortify Rights interview with #81, Penang State, Malaysia, September 15, 2014. 37 Fortify Rights interview with #10, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 11, 2014. 38 Fortify Rights interview with #11, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 12, 2014. 39 Fortify Rights interview with #50, Bangkok, Thailand, September 23, 2014. 40 Fortify Rights interview with #75, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 27, 2014. 41 Fortify Rights interview with #83, Penang State, Malaysia, September 16, 2014.