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 to four counts of conspiracy for an agent to accept advantages at Tsuen Wan Court, which now handles District Court cases. The defendant had been on the run since jumping bail in October 2009, before returning from...

By Brian Wong