CEO Park Jae-wook: "I cried for help, then was stabbed in the heart with a syringe as big as a knife"

"Returned home the day before, hugged pregnant wife, and cried uncontrollably"

Jaeuk Park, CEO of VCNC. / Photo by Honam Moon munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Park Jae-wook, CEO of VCNC, the operator of Tada, expressed his regret over the National Assembly Legislation and Judiciary Committee's handling of the Tada Prohibition Act (Amendment to the Passenger Transport Service Act), calling it "a day when all the common sense I knew collapsed."

On the 5th, Park said on his Facebook, "When I came home the day before, my pregnant wife greeted me brightly as if nothing was wrong," adding, "Seeing her like that, tears suddenly poured out, and we hugged each other and cried uncontrollably."

He lamented, "A service that an entrepreneur and about 100 colleagues devoted their lives and about two years to has been wiped out by a few words from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and some lawmakers," and added, "The new way of mobility for 1.72 million users and the jobs of 12,000 drivers apparently meant nothing because they couldn't be calculated by votes."

He also emphasized, "When someone holding a knife is in front of you and you plead to be saved, they come back with a syringe the size of a knife and stab your heart," and said, "No matter how much you shout that whether it's a knife or a syringe the heart will be pierced and you will die, they insist that the syringe is okay and force it through."

Furthermore, he stated, "The entrepreneur's plea to save the service they devoted their life to must have seemed like mere whining to those who make policies and laws," and added, "It was a day when all the common sense I knew collapsed, and now I don't dare to recommend anyone to start a business." He continued, "The day the child named Tada, whom I gave birth to and raised with my heart, was given a terminal diagnosis, I was too ashamed of the world I would leave to my unborn child to fall asleep."

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