Former EVA Airways Corp (長榮航空) chairman Chang Kuo-wei (張國煒) returned to Taiwan on Saturday, one day after he was removed from the chairmanship in an escalating war of succession for the control of the massive Evergreen Group (長榮集團) founded by the late billionaire Chang Yung-fa (張榮發).
Chang Kuo-wei piloted an EVA airplane to Singapore on Friday, but returned to Taiwan on Saturday as a passenger.
“I’m a working person and there is nothing to be sorry for,” he told the media on his arrival at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. “Anyway, I am tired. I want to take a break.”
On the question of whether he would continue to work with his step-brothers in the business, Chang Kuo-wei said, “we will see.”
At an extraordinary board meeting on Friday, EVA Airways removed Chang Kuo-wei from his chairman post and replaced him with Steve Lin (林寶水), an executive in the Evergreen Group.
The war of succession among the children of Chang Jung-fa has been raging since his death on Jan. 20. The Evergreen Group is a conglomerate of over a dozen shipping, transportation and associated service companies and is best known for its flagship Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運) and EVA Airways.
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