Former Coupang CEO Park Daejun Summoned for Second Police Investigation Over Perjury at National Assembly

Allegations of Concealing the Industrial Accident Involving the Late Jang Deokjun, a Logistics Center Worker

Former Coupang CEO Park Daejun, who is suspected of giving false testimony at a National Assembly hearing, has been summoned by the police once again.

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency conducted a second round of questioning with Park on June 9, treating him as a suspect under the National Assembly Testimony and Appraisal Act for perjury. This comes four months after his first appearance on February 3.

Daejun Park, former head of Coupang Korea, is attending an accused interrogation at the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Mapo-gu, Seoul on February 3. Photo by Yonhap News

Park is accused of perjury for his testimony as a witness at a National Assembly hearing on Coupang held in December last year, where he was questioned regarding allegations of concealing the industrial accident involving the late Coupang logistics center worker Jang Deokjun.

During the hearing, when asked whether Coupang officials exchanged messages to hide the fact that Jang had died from an industrial accident, Park responded to the effect that "there was no such fact." The day after the hearing, he was reported to the National Assembly's Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee.

Meanwhile, Park was also questioned by the police as a reference in January regarding the so-called "Coupang luncheon" allegations. This centered on claims that Independent Assemblyman Kim Byungki demanded unfavorable treatment for a former aide who raised suspicions about him after the aide joined Coupang, making the request during a meal with Park. However, it is reported that this matter was not separately addressed during the investigation on this day.

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