The chief executive of Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways says there will be "disciplinary consequences" for employees involved in "illegal
protests," as the airline joins a slate of businesses that have appeased and apologized to
China in recent days over political flaps.
Rupert Hogg's comments Monday came just hours before the Hong Kong airport announced it was shutting down after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators occupied the main terminal.
Companies from luxury
fashion brands to bubble tea shops have been under pressure to distance themselves from
protesters and declare their support for the ruling Communist Party's position on Hong Kong.