According to a tally by a civic group, Coupang was the place where the most people were re-employed among National Assembly public officials who passed employment screening over the past six years.
16 people, including assistants, were employed at Coupang, which is more than LG or Samsung.
[Seo Hwi-won/Leader of the Political Legislation Team of the Coalition for Economic Justice: National Assembly aides who were conducting government audits or hearings against Coupang are actually going to Coupang and planning response strategies after retirement.]
There is also statistical data showing that 25 government officials have been employed by Coupang and its affiliates over the past two years.
The President’s Secretariat, the prosecution, the police, the Fair Trade Commission, and the Ministry of Employment and Labor are all from organizations that can regulate Coupang or impose restrictions on its business.
Coupang is the company that has put the most effort into lobbying politicians in recent years.
This shows that they are afraid of government regulations and legislation.
Fines and sanctions will be levied depending on the extent of the company’s culpability and the size of the victims once the authorities’ official investigation results are released.
If there is a case for punishment for a problem that has been imposed and reported as an industrial accident, etc., prosecution is in accordance with the law and system.
The authorities can’t do this as they please, so they end up going to court and fighting again.
The Fair Trade Commission of the previous administration also imposed a fine of KRW 160 billion on Coupang for suspicion of algorithm manipulation.
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What Coupang fears most is the enactment of new regulatory laws, and although Coupang was not the only target due to the Coupang incident,
There is a high possibility that the legislation of bills that have been dormant for a while will be promoted again.
Coupang’s lobbying in the U.S. and the absurd argument that the U.S. is being ridiculous even though Coupang is an American company.
There are some who do, but the reason the U.S. opposed the On-Play Act was because of Google and Apple, not because of distribution companies like Coupang.