South Korean police said Wednesday they would review imposing a travel ban on Harold Rogers, interim chief executive of Coupang (CPNG).
Yoo Jae-sung, acting commissioner of the Korean National Police Agency, made the remarks at a National Assembly hearing titled "Hearing on Coupang Security Breach, Personal Information Leak, Unfair Trade Practices, Labor Conditions, and Prevention Measures."
When Rep. Hwang Jung-ah of the Democratic Party of Korea asked whether a travel ban on Rogers was necessary, Yoo responded, "We will proceed swiftly in accordance with laws and procedures."
Hwang said, "If the National Assembly files charges against CEO Rogers under the National Assembly Testimony and Appraisal Act, he must be sternly punished." She added, "Evidence of perjury and concealment of death from overwork has been exposed to the whole world."
"If charges are filed, detention and investigation should be considered," Hwang said.
Earlier at the hearing, Rogers said, "The National Intelligence Service requested multiple times that we contact the suspect and determined the investigation method." He added, "The NIS asked us to make a forensic copy, and we did not conduct the analysis ourselves."
The NIS responded immediately after Rogers' remarks, requesting that the National Assembly's Coupang hearing, which holds the authority to file charges, indict Rogers for perjury.
"The statement that Coupang investigated the personal information leak under the direction and orders of the NIS is completely untrue," the agency said.
"Coupang's claim that it extracted forensic images from hard drives under government agency instructions is false," the NIS added. "Coupang had already copied the images on the 15th of this month, before the NIS made contact with the company."
