PROFILE: A refugee's search for freedom

By Ashley Gardner
Updated April 21 2015 - 2:33pm, first published 3:00am
Thirty-two-year-old Tamil man Theepan tells the story of his escape from Sri Lanka.
Thirty-two-year-old Tamil man Theepan tells the story of his escape from Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan-born Tamil man, Kamalanathan Pakkianathan, also known as Theepan, has been granted permanent residency in Australia and is currently employed at Gunnedah Leather Processors. He has decided to share his story of fear, hunger, frustration and, eventually, triumph on his journey to freedom with the Namoi Valley Independent.

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