Comment / Evergreen's family drama – the audience now includes prosecutors

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In a nutshell: Taiwan’s founding shipping dynasty finds itself in a courtroom, not a boardroom, as the long-running Chang brothers’ feud spills into a criminal investigation at the worst possible time for Evergreen Marine.

When Taiwanese prosecutors dispatched investigators to 10 locations on July 6, including the offices of Evergreen Marine and affiliate Evergreen International Corporation, the raid marked a sharp escalation in a family power struggle that has simmered for a decade.

But it also put a governance ...