Cathay Pacific former CEO Rupert Hogg complied with Chinese authorities when he was asked to give the names of employees who participated in the protest, but he only gave one: his own.
China's Civil Aviation Administration pressured the airline to provide all the names of the people involved in the weeks-long Hong Kong protests.
Instead of endangering his employees, the 57-year-old former CEO put down his name on the list, according to Taiwan News. [...]
On August 16, Hogg resigned from his position as CEO of Cathay Pacific, which was first announced to the public by state-run media CCTV but was later confirmed by the airline. [...]
A week before Hogg's resignation, Cathay Pacific told its employees the company would never stop them from attending the pro-democracy demonstration. But the former CEO warned them they could be fired if they support or participate in illegal protests, BBC reported.
Cathay Pacific's new CEO Augustus Tang Kin-wing has distanced himself from any form of corporate resistance to Beijing and tolerance for employee protesters in his statement.
"We must and will ensure 100 percent compliance" with Chinese government aviation demands, he said via Newsweek. "We have made very clear that we have zero tolerance for illegal activities or breaches of our own policies."
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