Coupang executive appears before US Congress, stays silent when asked, "Do you have anything to say to Korean consumers?"

[Financial News] Harold Rogers, acting head of Coupang’s Korean subsidiary and the executive held responsible for the massive leak of some 33 million items of personal data, appeared before the United States House of Representatives on the 23rd (local time).
On Tuesday morning, Rogers testified in a closed-door session held in a House Judiciary Committee hearing room at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The proceeding was convened by the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust under the Judiciary Committee.
Before entering the hearing, Rogers did not respond to questions from reporters, including, "What are you going to say today?" and "Do you have anything to say to Korean consumers?"
Earlier, Jim Jordan of the Republican Party (GOP), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Scott Fitzgerald, who heads the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, sent Rogers a subpoena stating, "The Government of South Korea has continued to target [Coupang] despite recently agreeing in a trade deal with the Trump administration to avoid discriminatory treatment of U.S. businesses and the creation of unnecessary barriers."
The subpoena also asserted that "the Government of South Korea’s targeting of Coupang and its apparent efforts to indict an American executive stand in direct contradiction to its recent commitments."
Rogers is expected to use the hearing-style session to argue that the Government of South Korea has discriminated against and sought to punish him and Coupang.
Coupang, a U.S.-based company, has been engaged in extensive lobbying efforts targeting the US Congress, and there have been indications that this very hearing was arranged to shield Coupang and put pressure on the Government of South Korea.
y27k@fnnews.com Seo Yoon-kyung Reporter