By Kevin McCauley
Scotland Yard investigators arrested four current and former employees of News Corp.'s Sun on Jan. 28 as the bribe scandal probe spreads from the shuttered News of the World tabloid that was a victim of the phone hacking outrage.
Arrested staffers include Graham Dudman, who had been managing director before upped last year to editorial development director at News International, according to today’s Wall Street Journal, a News Corp. property. They have been released.
News Corp. and British police say the company’s management and standards committee provided the information that led to the arrests.
Rupert Murdoch’s company says the committee was established make sure that “unacceptable news gathering practices by individuals in the past would not be repeated.”
The company also gave police “assistance during the searches of News International premises while ensuring that all appropriate steps were taken to protect legal and journalistic privilege.” |