Ex-senior newsman arrested over hacking scandal
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August 11, 2011, Thursday
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BRITISH police said yesterday they had arrested a 61-year-old man in their investigation into the phone-hacking scandal at the now-defunct News of the World, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media empire.
Sky News named the arrested man as Greg Miskiw, who ran the News of the World's news desk for many years and was described in a parliamentary committee as being a key link to a private detective at the center of hacking allegations.
Miskiw, one of the few senior editors at the time of the phone hacking who had not yet been arrested, told Britain's Channel 4 news last month he was preparing to return from his Florida home to talk to police.
The arrest is the 12th this year in an inquiry that has rocked News Corp and has had far-reaching implications for the British establishment.
It has already forced the resignations of former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and Britain's top two policemen.
Rupert Murdoch and his son James have been quizzed in parliament about the affair. James Murdoch, who runs News Corp's non-US operations, may be recalled to face further questions after senior former News International executives called his evidence into question.
Detectives said the latest suspect was arrested at midday after he arrived by appointment at a London police station on "suspicion of unlawful interception of communications" and conspiring to commit the same offense.
Police are probing allegations that journalists and private investigators, seeking gossip for stories, illegally intercepted voicemail messages on the mobile phones of targets ranging from celebrities and politicians to murder victims and the families of dead soldiers.
Police are also looking into claims that some reporters paid bribes to police officers in return for information.
The 168-year-old News of the World was closed last month after allegations that 4,000 phones, including that of a murdered schoolgirl, had been hacked.
Sky News named the arrested man as Greg Miskiw, who ran the News of the World's news desk for many years and was described in a parliamentary committee as being a key link to a private detective at the center of hacking allegations.
Miskiw, one of the few senior editors at the time of the phone hacking who had not yet been arrested, told Britain's Channel 4 news last month he was preparing to return from his Florida home to talk to police.
The arrest is the 12th this year in an inquiry that has rocked News Corp and has had far-reaching implications for the British establishment.
It has already forced the resignations of former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and Britain's top two policemen.
Rupert Murdoch and his son James have been quizzed in parliament about the affair. James Murdoch, who runs News Corp's non-US operations, may be recalled to face further questions after senior former News International executives called his evidence into question.
Detectives said the latest suspect was arrested at midday after he arrived by appointment at a London police station on "suspicion of unlawful interception of communications" and conspiring to commit the same offense.
Police are probing allegations that journalists and private investigators, seeking gossip for stories, illegally intercepted voicemail messages on the mobile phones of targets ranging from celebrities and politicians to murder victims and the families of dead soldiers.
Police are also looking into claims that some reporters paid bribes to police officers in return for information.
The 168-year-old News of the World was closed last month after allegations that 4,000 phones, including that of a murdered schoolgirl, had been hacked.
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