RUPERT Murdoch’s News Corporation made a fresh apology for the phone hacking scandal in UK national newspapers as Rebekah Brooks, ousted last week as the publishing unit’s chief executive, was arrested by police.
Brooks was arrested in London yesterday, a source, who declined to be identified, said.
Police said they had arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of corruption and conspiring to intercept communications.
The escalating crisis around the News of the World has within two weeks forced the closure of the 168-year-old tabloid and the resignation of executives including Brooks and former News International chairman Les Hinton.
The outcry forced Murdoch to withdraw his £7.8 billion (R86.9bn) bid for full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group.
“He has too much power over British public life,” opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband said yesterday, calling for a breakup of Murdoch’s media empire. – Bloomberg