Park Dae-jun, former Coupang CEO who was reported to prosecutors on suspicion of perjury during the "Coupang incident joint hearing" held at the National Assembly, appeared before police on the 3rd.
The Anti-Corruption and Public Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency summoned the former CEO that morning on suspicion of violating the National Assembly Testimony and Appraisal Act and is under investigation.
The former CEO arrived at the Mapo office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency at about 9:59 a.m. that day. To questions from reporters such as "Do you admit to perjury before the National Assembly?" and "What conversations took place ahead of the National Assembly hearing?", the former CEO only answered, "I will faithfully undergo the investigation," and headed to the interrogation room.
The former CEO appeared as a witness at a National Assembly hearing on Dec. 30 last year and testified on issues including a personal information leak and suspicions of overwork-related death involving Jang Deok-jun, a worker at a Coupang logistics center.
The National Assembly's Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee resolved the day after the hearing to report seven former and current executives, including the former CEO, on suspicion of violating the National Assembly Testimony and Appraisal Act.
This is the second time the former CEO has been summoned by police. On the 8th of last month, the former CEO was questioned once as a reference in connection with the so-called "lunch allegations" between lawmaker Kim Byung-kee and Coupang management.
Kim is suspected of having demanded disadvantageous personnel measures against his former aides now working at Coupang during an expensive meal with the former CEO and other Coupang figures ahead of the National Assembly's audit in September last year.