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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Paul Lee] The HMM sailors' union said on the 29th that it has applied for a meeting with Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Joo-hyun to request the suspension of the sale in connection with Harim Group's selection as the preferred bidder for the acquisition of HMM.
Jeon Jung-geun, chairman of the HMM union, revealed his application for a meeting and released the request for a meeting that he submitted together. "The source of the acquisition funds for Pan Ocean (a shipping company belonging to Harim Group) is unclear," the HMM union said in a request for an interview. "The interest is more than 240 billion won per year for known paid-in capital increase and acquisition financing, but Harim Group is repeating its optimistic stance, saying 'yes' unconditionally."
Finally, "Pan Ocean and Harim Group are pushing ahead with the acquisition in accordance with the acquisition plan that is difficult to afford, and the Korea Development Bank is only considering the interests of its own group," he said. "We earnestly ask the Financial Services Commission to stop the Korea Development Bank, which is pushing ahead with the hasty sale of the only national flag carrier HMM."
Alphabiz Reporter Kim Jisun(stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr)
