By Inside Retail Asia
Indonesia’s anti-trust agency said on Monday it is investigating the local units of e-commerce platforms Shopee and Lazada for suspected violations of anti-competition rules.
The companies are PT Shopee Internasional Indonesia, and PT Ecart Webportal Indonesia, which oversee the domestic operations of Shopee and Lazada respectively.
The agency did not elaborate on what the alleged breaches of anti-competition rules were.
Shopee, owned by Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd, and Lazada, the Southeast Asian arm of Alibaba, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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