Muthu Raja, known in his birthplace Thailand as Sak Surin, is a Thai tusker gifted by the Thai government to Sri Lanka in 2001 and later given to the Aluthgama Kande Vihara temple. In 2022, after reports of ill-treatment, abscesses and forced work, he was moved to the Dehiwala Zoo, and on 2 July 2023 he was flown back to Chiang Mai, Thailand, for treatment. By July 2024 he was recovering at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Lampang.