▲ Former Coupang Korea CEO Park Dae-jun
Park Dae-jun, former CEO of Coupang, has appeared before the police for questioning regarding allegations of personnel retaliation against a former aide to independent lawmaker Kim Byung-ki who moved to the company.
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Public Crime Investigation Division summoned Park for questioning as a witness today (June 16).
Park had previously been questioned as a witness in January.
Lawmaker Kim Byung-ki is accused of meeting with Park at a hotel restaurant in Yeouido last September and requesting personnel retaliation against his former aide, who is currently employed at Coupang, after the aide exposed various allegations against him.
The former aide claims to have suffered disadvantages, such as being involuntarily transferred to China or dismissed from Coupang.
In a Facebook post last December, Kim explained, "There were reports that my former 'problematic' aide, who joined Coupang, was using my name," adding, "I requested that they prevent him from meeting with staff from the floor leader's office or using my name for government relations work."
The police, who launched an investigation, raided Coupang's headquarters in Songpa-gu and other locations on January 29 to secure personnel-related documents.
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