"My husband surrendered to the Sri Lankan army in front of my eyes on 18 May 2009 after the end of the war," laments Ananthi Sasitharan to Sri Lanka's government-appointed reconciliation commission.
"I have not heard anything about him after that. Please help me find him."
Ms Sasitharan is a mother of three and the wife of Ezhilan, a prominent regional political leader of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels - otherwise known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - who fought a 20-year campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in the north and east of the country before their defeat last year. More...
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