He was an officer in the Sri Lanka Navy who remained a prisoner with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for eight long agonizing years, at times chained in a cage-like environment.

The attack on Sri Lanka's only international airport was both ... and three at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Muttur on September 6. Although buildings and other ...

His imprisonment commenced in 1991 when he was registered and held by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegates ... of safety led him to flee Sri Lanka in 1999, leaving behind ...