english: Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan high commissioner, Senaka Walgampaya, cast doubt on the account of a nine-year-old girl on the boat, Brindha, who made an emotional appeal for the Tamils to be helped. "She is crying and weeping and said, 'We were in the jungles for one month'," he said.
non_english: Sementara, pejabat tinggi Sri Lanka, Senaka Walgampaya, menyatakan keraguannya akan cerita yang dilontarkan seorang anak perempuan kecil berusia 9 tahun bernama Brindha, yang memohon sepenuh hati agar para warga Tamil tersebut ditolong. ”Dia menangis dan terisak dan berkata ‘Kami berdiam di hutan satu bulan lamanya',” kata sang pejabat. ”Namun dia terlihat sangant terawat dan dia lancar berbahasa Inggris.