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