A leader of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), the country’s biggest doctors’ group, appeared before police Friday for another round of questioning over suspicions of instigating a mass walkout by trainee doctors.

Park Myung-ha, the KMA’s organization consolidation chief, arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s public crime investigation office in Seoul to undergo questioning, marking the fifth time he has faced police questioning since last month.

Park is one of five former and current KMA leaders against whom the government has filed a complaint, accusing them of instigating trainee doctors to go on a walkout to protest the government’s medical school quota hike.

The collective action has continued for over a month in protest against the decision to increase the medical school quota by 2,000 from the current 3,058, resulting in cancellations and delays in surgeries and emergency medical treatment.

Before entering the police office, Park denounced the government’s move to suspend the medica
l licenses of trainee doctors defying the government’s back-to-work order and vowed to file a collective lawsuit to reverse it.

He also called on the government to engage in dialogue with doctors to find a compromise.

Source: Yonhap News Agency