The five refugees who were arrested by police in Manus during the New Year period are expected to go before the Lorengau District Court this week.
Their cases were stood over to Wednesday this week for mention because the magistrate in Lorengau was not available last week.
They are expected to be represented in court by private lawyers in Manus as their lawyer is out of the country.
Two of the refugees of Iranian origin were arrested on New Years Eve at Salasia village, near Lorengau and charged with drinking and behaving disorderly in public and resisting police arrest.
They are 26-year-old Mehdi and 28-year-old Mohammad. The have been released on K200 police bail.
Three of the refugees were arrested on the evening of Jan 2, at Lorengau town, in front of the Splendid shop.
They were said to be drunk and were causing a nuisance in town when police were called in to arrest them. They have been released on police bail for K300,
They are Bangladesh men 24-year-old Haider Khan and 26-year-old Noor Alam and Burma man Iran Mohammed who is 22-years-old.
(Loop PNG file picture of Lorengau Court house.)