Crew describe climate of fear at Cathay after Hong Kong sackings


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Aug 2019

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Cathay Pacific Airways casts on the floor as the airlines holds a ceremony to mark the first of their 48 Airbus A350 arriving at Hong Kong Airport, Hong Kong, China May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pilots and cabin crew at Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways <0293.HK> described a "white terror" of political denunciations, sackings and phone searches by Chinese aviation officials amid anti-government protests gripping the former British colony.

Cathay, founded by an American and an Australian during British rule in 1946, was caught in the middle of the crisis 11 days ago, when China demanded it suspend staff involved in the protest movement.

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