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who was brought into the plot that morning by
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did make a confession, taking all blame for the coup that would become the prosecution's main article of evidence. Dissanayake made no confession, however the day after his arrest he was removed of his post in the police. On 3 June 1963, he was convicted with 11 others out of the 24 accused and
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Eastern and North-Central Provinces and was confirmed in June 1946. In August 1946 he took over as Superintendent of Police, Kandy; May 1947 of Sabaragamuwa; November 1948 of Western Province (North) and in January 1950 Superintendent of Police, Colombo. In 1950 he underwent a course in
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for refusing to carryout orders which Osmund de Silva considered unlawful, DIG Dissanayake was next in line for the post of
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