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Ex-Cathay Pacific employee jailed for 20 months over bribery in human smuggling

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A former customer services officer for Cathay Pacific has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for accepting bribes to facilitate human smuggling. The officer, Tsui Ying-kit, pleaded guilty to accepting at least HK$18,000 to help ineligible passengers check in for flights and pass security between 2008 and 2009. He had been on the run for over a decade before returning to Hong Kong to surrender. AI

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Ex-Cathay Pacific employee jailed for 20 months over bribery in human smuggling

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Brian Wong ·

    Ex-Cathay employee gets 20 months’ jail for taking bribes in human smuggling case

    A former customer services officer with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has been jailed for one year and eight months for accepting at least HK$18,000 (US$2,295) in bribes to help smuggle mainland Chinese travellers overseas 17 years ago. Tsui Ying-kit, 45, pleaded guilty on Wednesday…

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