Photojournalism: Sri Lanka's Missing: NEW_NORTHMISSING_ASJ_46

Ranchana Pirapakarado holds a photo of her of her son, Sujeekaran in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Ranchana Pirapakarado has been missing her son, Sujeekaran, since May 23, 2009 when they got separated at a government checkpoint while being transferred from a refugee camp. Afterwards, she searched all the 23 refugee camps across the country and military bases and couldn't find him. In 2014 she got a call from the Terrorist Information Camp who said her son was in Colombo. She answered his questions on the promise that her son would be freed but he never was.

Ranchana Pirapakarado holds a photo of her of her son, Sujeekaran in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. Ranchana Pirapakarado has been missing her son, Sujeekaran, since May 23, 2009 when they got separated at a government checkpoint while being transferred from a refugee camp. Afterwards, she searched all the 23 refugee camps across the country and military bases and couldn't find him. In 2014 she got a call from the Terrorist Information Camp who said her son was in Colombo. She answered his questions on the promise that her son would be freed but he never was.