A treasure map, assassination plot and kidnapping among dark secrets of Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Fear for their lives ... from left, Janaka Gayan Athukorala, 40, Hemantha Kuruppu, 41, and Sujeewa Saparamadu, 42. Part of group of 41 asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis
Jason Koutsoukis-July 11, 2014
Fear for their lives ... from left, Janaka Gayan Athukorala, 40, Hemantha Kuruppu, 41, and Sujeewa Saparamadu, 42. Part of group of 41 asylum seekers returned to Sri Lanka. Photo: Jason Koutsoukis- Waleed Aly: Harsh treatment of asylum seeker is same old story
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Colombo, Sri Lanka: The 12-metre fishing vessel called the Sithumina left Batticaloa on Sri Lanka's east coast at 2.30am on June 12.
The 41 passengers on board had met the ship several hundred metres from the beach after being ferried there in two small boats powered by outboard motors.
