Indonesia’s Shopee accused of antitrust behaviour in delivery services, Bisnis reports

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s antitrust agency on Tuesday (Could well moreover impartial 28) accused e-commerce platform Shopee’s local unit of violating anti-competitors suggestions by directing prospects to make reveal of distinct supply companies and products, records net role Bisnis.com reported.

The agency, identified as KPPU, has stumbled on that Shopee from March 2021 stopped itemizing several supply carrier suppliers it had previously outmoded, leaving prospects with two companies as choices – one of which has a Shopee Indonesia executive on its board of directors, the records outlet acknowledged, citing investigators.

A hearing on the topic became held on Tuesday, it added.

KPPU acknowledged this week it became investigating the local devices of Shopee, owned by Southeast Asian technology agency Sea Ltd and PT Ecart Webportal Indonesia, which operates Lazada, the Southeast Asian arm of Alibaba, but did no longer account for.

A KPPU consultant became no longer straight on hand for commentary on the Bisnis record.

A Shopee consultant acknowledged the firm had complied with a seek records from of from the KPPU to back a hearing but did circuitously commentary on the accusations. The firm is committed to complying with Indonesia’s approved pointers, she added.

Shopee, the market leader in Indonesia’s hasty-rising e-commerce sector, is scheduled to hiss its defence within the hearing subsequent month.

Lazada has no longer answered to a Reuters seek records from of for commentary.