At 11, he was interrogated by the Sri Lankan military, accused of being a terrorist, and his parents sent him on his own to Britain as a refugee seeking political asylum.
V jednácti ho vyslýchala Srí Lanská armáda, obvinila ho, že je terorista, a jeho rodiče ho samotného poslali do Británie jako uprchlíka se žádostí o azyl.