A TAMIL who was interrogated and beaten by Sri Lankan authorities won an appeal yesterday against the rejection of his asylum claim.

The man, referred to as ME, became involved with the Tamil Tigers in 2005 while working in a shop, before starting to help hide arms from the Sri Lankan army.

He left the militants in 2007 and lived in Sri Lanka “without incident” until 2014, when he was detained and beaten until he revealed the location of an arms cache.