Newsweek
Date:  8/20/19
By: Matt Keeley

The Taiwan News claimed that Cathay Pacific CEO Rupert Hogg's decision to resign last week came after he refused to name names to the Chinese government when he was asked to provide a list of employees who were involved in the Hong Kong protests.

China's Civil Aviation Administration ordered Cathay to provide a list of employees who were involved in a recent protest. He was also ordered to suspend the employees. According to the Taiwan News, Hogg provided the list—but it included only one name: his own.

His resignation was first announced by CCTV, China's state-run television station, 30 minutes before Cathay Pacific announced Hogg had stepped down.

The company's new CEO, Augustus Tang Kin-wing, quickly distanced himself from any perceived corporate resistance to Beijing or any tolerance for employee-protesters. "We must and will ensure 100 percent compliance" with Chinese government aviation demands, he said. "We have made very clear that we have zero tolerance for illegal activities or breaches of our own policies."
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