and his interpreter speaking to Moorthy, Ceylonese Charge d'Affaires, at a reception in Peking to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ceylon's independence on 4 Feb 1958. Moorthy joined the
Ceylon Overseas Service in 1953 and his first diplomatic posting was in
Jakarta,
Indonesia. Back in Sri Lanka violence against the country's Tamils escalated, culminating in the
Black July riots of 1983. He received a letter, allegedly from a member of the Sinhala Association in UK, threatening his life. The Sri Lankan government ordered Moorthy to declare that his appointment was evidence that there was no serious discrimination against the Tamils. He died on 1 April 2008 in London. ==References==