Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, could use a human smuggling ring to escape by boat, Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse told AFP in an interview at his tightly guarded sea-front office.
He accused the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of holding an estimated 70,000 civilians as a human shield for Prabhakaran and senior aides who, he said, were widely expected by the military to try to escape.
"They can try to escape by boat although we have a big naval blockade," Rajapakse said. "It is a difficult task, but there is a possibility they will be able to do it.
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"He is still there (in the country). I don't see why he should commit suicide or surrender. After fighting for over 30 years, I don't think he will take the cyanide capsule, he will try to escape."
Rajapakse said the Tigers were preventing civilians from leaving the narrow, 75-square-kilometre (28-square-mile) area still under their control to ensure no heavy weapons would be fired into the area. <