In all honesty I dont think Sharp wants to sell or even think about selling its copier unit. I think the bean counters may be telling them they must to raise enough money to just stay alive or Han Hai is telling them to dump it, or Han Hai leaked a story to get the share price down or the bankers that loaned them money are telling them to sell it to get their money back. Who knows.
One thing for certain. Someone, somewhere connected to or working with or for Sharp mentioned it to a reporter! I dont think this guy just made it up out of thin air! If he did then that is totally wrong. So right now we are at he said, she said. Its silly.