Tamil Tigers donation scandal: Is the leader still alive? (Swiss Press Video 2025, by Luc Marolf)

Tamil Tigers donation scandal: Is the leader still alive?

SRF-Rundschau

Video

2025

Luc Marolf

For ten years, the guns have been silent in Sri Lanka. But the civil war still affects the Tamil community in Switzerland. I immersed myself in the Tamil diaspora and discovered that the community is deeply divided. Some believe their leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, is still alive. They want to resume the fight for freedom. About the reawakening of the Tamil Tigers.

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Luc Marolf / Swiss Press Award

Luc Marolf

Journalist

After gaining initial experience as a freelancer at the Thuner Tagblatt newspaper and as a presenter at the youth radio station Radio4TNG, I have been working as an editor for the SRF Rundschau background magazine since 2024. In a fantastic team, I research current political topics, high-profile fraud cases, and social taboos.

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