Police will conduct additional interviews with complainants over the controversy surrounding Starbucks' "Tank Day" promotion.

5·18 merit honorees hold a press conference in front of Gwangju Nambu Police Station on the 20th before filing a complaint over Starbucks Korea's Tank Day controversy. /Courtesy of News1

On the 25th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Public Crime Investigation Unit said it plans to question five people, including Park Ha-seong, a merit recipient of the May 18 Democratization Movement who filed a complaint against Shinsegae Group Chairman Chung Yong-jin, within the day.

Earlier, Park's side filed a complaint accusing the chairman and former Starbucks Korea CEO Son Jeong-hyeon of insult and violations of the Special Act on the May 18 Democratization Movement, among other charges. Park is known to be undergoing a second round of questioning on the day.

The case was initially assigned to the Gangnam Police Station, but the Seoul agency reassigned it and began interviewing the complainants within a day.

The chairman is scheduled to deliver a public apology in person at 9 a.m. on the 26th at Josun Palace in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

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