 In July that year he was appointed as the country's ambassador to Brazil.He then served as the ambassador in the United Arab Emirates, before being appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order in October 2014.In July 2016 he was questioned by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in connection to the January 2009 murder of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge and allegations that former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa ordered the assassination.