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HSBC owners grill boss over murder claims
Lobbyists: Quit Colombian coal horror
SHAREHOLDERS in banking behemoth HSBC grilled group chief executive Stuart Gulliver yesterday on investments in a coal firm accused of murder and rights abuses.
Investors and campaigners attended HSBC’s annual general meeting in London where Mr Gulliver was grilled over the bank’s £3.7 billion coal investments, in particular in US firm Drummond.
Drummond was accused of implication last year in over 3,000 murders and 55,000 displacements in Colombia.
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