Cathay Pacific has apologised after an episode of Household Man depicting Tiananmen Sq. was included in inflight leisure.
The episode of the grownup animated sequence – identified for pushing boundaries – features a scene referencing the 1989 protest crackdown, wherein China’s army violently suppressed large pro-democracy protests.
Cathay Pacific is Hong Kong’s flagship airline.
“Cathay Pacific is aware of the incident and sincerely apologises to the affected customers,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
“We emphasise that the content of the programme does not represent Cathay Pacific’s standpoint, and have immediately arranged to have the programme removed as soon as possible.”
The airline mentioned the content material of its inflight leisure system is managed by a third-party supplier.
“We have consistently provided them with clear instructions to ensure that the recommended content meets our company standards.
“We now have promptly knowledgeable the service supplier of the seriousness of the incident, and have instructed them to completely examine the trigger and strengthen oversight to make sure that related incidents don’t happen sooner or later.”
For 3 many years, an annual vigil in Hong Kong honoured those that died in Beijing’s Tiananmen Sq. on 4 June 1989.
Nevertheless, the group that organised the vigil has disbanded amid a crackdown on political activism within the semi-autonomous metropolis.
