Sri Lanka, March 12 -- The token strike initiated by the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) in protest of the recent sexual assault on a female doctor will continue until 8.00 a.m. tomorrow (13), despite the main suspect of the incident being arrested.

Speaking to the media, the Secretary of the GMOA Sugath Sugathadasa confirmed the strike's continuation after a discussion with the Minister of Health.

"We are conducting this token strike from 8.00 a.m. today until 8.00 a.m. tomorrow. The strike will conclude tomorrow morning. We, as the Government Medical Officers Association, are resolute in our position that such crimes must not go unchallenged", he noted.

Sugathadasa also condemned the incident, asserting that the associ...