Yesterday the offices of the Taipei headquarters of the company of Evergreen Marine Corporation were searched as part of an investigation for insider trading conducted by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office, which also resulted in the Search of ten other company offices and homes of nine suspects, including board member Chang Kuo-Hua. The latter was summoned yesterday to be questioned and was released this morning after paying a bond of 120 million Taiwanese dollars (3.7 million US dollars). Chang is the eldest son of Chang Yung-fa, founder of the company that established Evergreen, the first September 1968.

The investigation involving Chang Kuo-Hua is aimed at ascertain whether Chang made illicit profits in 2023 to 2.1 billion Taiwanese dollars by purchasing shares in Evergreen Marine Corporation shortly before the company announced the sale of shares in Eva Air, the airline Evergreen Group, during a period when such a sale would be been illegal.

In a communication to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, Evergreen confirmed the searches and investigations by employees of the Ministry of Justice and specified that the company is operating normally and that this incident does not have a significant impact on the company's financial position or its commercial activities.