By Kevin McCauley
James Murdoch, News Corp.’s deputy chief operating officer, has been asked to reappear before the British parliamentary panel that is probing the phone hacking scandal.
The culture, media and sport committee has also recalled Les Hinton, the former Dow Jones CEO who once headed News Corp.’s U.K. newspaper division.
Earlier this month, two News Corp. executives testified that Murdoch was aware that the phone hacking scandal involved more than one reporter. That contradicts Murdoch’s July testimony.
John Whittingdale, the Conservative MP who heads the committee, wants Murdoch to reappear due to the “different accounts of what we heard.”
It may be “that he comes and says he simply disagrees. But obviously that would be something that it would be helpful to hear direct from him,” he said.
A News Corp. spokesperson said Murdoch is happy to appear once again before the panel.
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