Coupang CEO Rogers leaves Korea, avoids police summons over data leak

Harold Rogers, interim CEO of Coupang, has departed Korea and is staying in another country, according to police officials Tuesday, after he failed to comply with a police summons to appear for questioning as part of an investigation into a massive data leak. The police task force of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has requested the Ministry of Justice to inform it when Rogers returns to Seoul. The ministry is considering whether to impose an overseas travel ban on him once he comes back, officials familiar with the matter told Yonhap News Agency. Rogers reportedly left Korea on Dec. 31 after attending a two-day parliamentary hearing on the breach of private information belonging to more than 33 million Coupang users in the country. Police summoned him on Jan. 1 for questioning on Jan. 5. A police official said Coupang learned of his departure only after being contacted by police. Police are seeking to bring him in for questioning on a date in mid-month that they declined to specify. A Coupang official said Rogers left for a business commitment that had already been scheduled and hasWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times