Former Coupang CEO Park Dae-jun appeared before police on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, for questioning over allegations of perjury during a December 2025 parliamentary hearing. He is accused of giving false testimony about an alleged cover-up of a worker's death at a Coupang logistics center. Park resigned in December 2025 amid a massive data leak compromising 33 million customers' information.
Park Dae-jun, former CEO of e-commerce giant Coupang, appeared at the Mapo office of the Seoul Metropolitan Police on February 3, 2026, to face questioning over perjury allegations stemming from his testimony at a parliamentary hearing in December 2025. Prosecutors claim he provided false statements regarding a cover-up of details surrounding a worker's death at one of Coupang's logistics centers.
"I will respond faithfully to the investigation," Park told reporters upon arrival.
This questioning is part of broader police probes into Coupang, including the early January 2026 summons of interim CEO Harold Rogers over the company's handling of the data leak, suspicions of industrial accident cover-up, and deletion of website logs. Complaints have been filed by lawmakers and civic groups against multiple executives.
Park resigned from his CEO role in December 2025 following the data breach that affected nearly two-thirds of South Korea's population, sparking intense scrutiny of the firm's data security. Last month, he faced separate questioning over allegations that a lawmaker treated him to an expensive meal in September 2025 and requested personnel actions against a former aide hired by Coupang.
As a dominant player in South Korea's e-commerce market, Coupang continues to grapple with investigations into its corporate governance, political ties, and safety practices.
