In June 1983 Weerasinghe, the Senior Deputy Inspector-General of Police, was one of two senior Sri Lankan police officers who were invited by the British government to Belfast to "see at first hand the roles of the police and army in counter-terrorist operations".[4] The visit was cut short following the anti-Tamilpogrom and riotsinSri Lanka during July.[5] He was appointed as Inspector General of the Sri Lanka PolicebyPresidentJ. R. Jayewardene on 20 April 1985.[6] He retired from the Police Service in December 1985.[7]
In 1987 he was appointed as the country's High Commissioner in Malaysia, serving until 1991.[8][9]
Weerasinghe was married to Delini, and they had six children: Nelani, Haritha, Ruani, Kshanika, Carini and Roshant.[10]
^Miller, Phil. Britain's Dirty War against the Tamil people 1979 - 2009. International Human Rights Association. p. 12.
^Ferguson's Sri Lanka Directory 1997-1999 (127th ed.). Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 2001. p. 43.
^Jayasuriya, Herbert (1999). A Policeman Remembers: Memoirs of Herbie Jayasuriya (Retired Senior Superintendent of Police). Vishva Lekha. p. 188.
^"IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean". 20. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1987. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Information Malaysia. Berita Publ. Sdn. Bhd. 1990. p. 9.
