Unless otherwise specified, the following abbreviations in posts are defined according to the below table.

Abbreviation	Definition
ASP	Assistant Superintendent of Police
CWC	Ceylon Workers’ Congress
DIG	Deputy Inspector-General of Police
DWC	Democratic Workers’ Congress
EBP	Eksath Bhikkhu Peramuna
IGP	Inspector-General of Police
JMO	Judicial Medical Officer
LSSP	Lanka Sama Samaja Party
MP	Member of Parliament
SLFP	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
UNP	United National Party