 He claims that with the JVP insurrection largely over and the usefulness of the death squads coming to an end, President Ranasinghe Premadasa used de Zoysa's murder and the subsequent outcry against it as a reason to call a halt to the killings carried out by the death squads, which were formed during his predecessors era.An award in recognition of independent journalism was established by the UN sponsored Inter Press Service news agency in de Zoysa's memory.Rajiva Wijesinha wrote a novel based on the life and death of Richard de Zoysa titled "Limits of Love".