Crew describe climate of fear at Cathay after Hong Kong sackings
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Pilots and cabin crew at Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways 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. The firm agreed, firing two pilots, but has since been plunged ...
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