Photojournalism: Sri Lanka's Missing: NEW_NORTHMISSING_ASJ_47

Ranchana Pirapakarado watches TV at her home 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. S

Ranchana Pirapakarado watches TV at her home 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. S