Harold Rogers, the acting head of Coupang's Korea unit who had been staying overseas, is expected to appear before police on the 30th.

According to police and others on the 27th, Rogers' side said it would comply with the police's third summons to investigate the circumstances of the self-investigation announcement. Rogers was confirmed to have entered Korea on the 21st.

Harold Rogers, Coupang CEO, answers questions as he appears at a joint hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, on December 31 last year for the 430th National Assembly (extraordinary session) to examine the Coupang breach incident, personal data leak, unfair transaction practices, and labor conditions, and to prepare measures to prevent a recurrence. /Courtesy of News1

Earlier, Rogers left the country on the 1st, the day after the National Assembly's joint hearing on Coupang, citing a scheduled business trip. Since then, police issued two summonses, but Rogers' side did not comply.

In response, police sought a travel ban on Rogers, but prosecutors reportedly did not approve it, citing voluntary entry. In police investigations, if a person fails to comply with three or more summonses, an application for an arrest warrant is typically considered.

Park Sung-ju, chief of the National Office of Investigation (NOI) at the Korean National Police Agency, said at a regular briefing on the morning of the 19th, "We immediately issued a third summons on the 14th, when the deadline for the second summons to Rogers expired."

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