JAKARTA, May 28 (Reuters) - Indonesia's antitrust agency

on Tuesday accused e-commerce platform Shopee's local unit of

violating anti-competition rules by directing customers to use

certain delivery services, news website Bisnis.com reported.

The agency, known as KPPU, has found that Shopee from March

2021 stopped listing several delivery service providers it had

previously used, leaving customers with two companies as options

- one of which has a Shopee Indonesia executive on its board of

directors, the news outlet said, citing investigators.

A hearing on the matter was held on Tuesday, it added.

KPPU said this week it was investigating the local units of

Shopee, owned by Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd ( SE )

and PT Ecart Webportal Indonesia, which operates Lazada, the

Southeast Asian arm of Alibaba ( BABA ), but did not elaborate.

A KPPU representative was not immediately available for

comment on the Bisnis report.

A Shopee representative said the company had complied with a

request from the KPPU to attend a hearing but did not directly

comment on the accusations. The company is committed to

complying with Indonesia's laws, she added.

Shopee, the market leader in Indonesia's fast-growing

e-commerce sector, is scheduled to deliver its defence in the

hearing next month.

Lazada has not responded to a Reuters request for comment.