SEOUL: In a country with a record of hostility towards foreign capital, some local investors are breaking with tradition as they side with a US hedge fund opposing an US$8bil (RM30.02bil) merger seen vital to the transfer of leadership at South Korea's top conglomerate.
Hundreds of Samsung C&T Corp's small stakeholders have converged on a public web forum in recent days to protest what they say is a low-ball all-stock takeover offer from Cheil Industries Inc, an affiliate of Samsung Group and the conglomerate's de facto holding company.