Seoul: Harold Rogers, interim CEO of Coupang Corp., appeared before police Friday to be questioned about suspicions of evidence destruction in connection with a massive data breach at the e-commerce company. Rogers is accused of obstructing police and government investigations into the breach -- estimated to have affected nearly 33 million users -- by independently announcing that data from only 3,000 accounts were actually leaked.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Rogers stated that Coupang has fully cooperated with all ongoing government investigations and will continue to do so, including the police investigation. However, he did not address reporters' questions concerning the allegations of evidence destruction or the basis of the company's announcement.

Police are investigating whether Coupang's internal probe results are authentic and plan to question Rogers further about the probe and examine potential attempts to destroy evidence. The government has criticized Coupang's announcement as a one-sided claim, with police yet to confirm the exact amount of data leaked but believing that more than 30 million accounts have been affected.

Rogers, who previously defied two police summonses, had left South Korea on January 1, a day after attending a two-day parliamentary hearing regarding the data breach. He returned to the country last week. He is also accused of violating a law on testimony before parliament for claiming during the hearing that the company met the suspect behind the breach at the National Intelligence Service's (NIS) instructions, a claim the NIS has denied.