Park Jae-wook Before Tada Ban Law Passage: "Stab the Heart with a Needle as Sharp as a Knife" (Comprehensive)

"Embracing Pregnant Wife and Crying Bitterly"
National Assembly to Hold Plenary Session on the 5th Afternoon to Pass Tada Ban Law

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 about two years of their lives and careers to was shattered by a few words from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and some lawmakers," and said, "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 shout for your life, they come back with a syringe the size of a knife and stab your heart," adding, "No matter how much you shout that whether it's a knife or a syringe the heart gets stabbed and you die, they insist that the syringe is okay and push it through."

Furthermore, he stated, "The entrepreneur's plea to save the service they devoted their life to probably looked like mere whining to those who make policies and laws," and "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 added, "The day the child named Tada, which I gave birth to and raised with my heart, was given a terminal diagnosis, I couldn't sleep because I was too ashamed of the world I would pass on to my child in my womb."

Meanwhile, the National Assembly is scheduled to hold a plenary session in the afternoon to process the amendment. Article 34, Paragraph 2 of the amendment stipulates that when renting a van with 11 to 15 seats, driver dispatch is only allowed if rented for tourism purposes for six hours or more or if the return location is an airport or port. If the amendment passes the plenary session, the current 11-seat van call service 'Tada Basic' will become illegal. In this case, Tada plans to suspend the Tada Basic service soon.

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