Police Arrest Employees from Murdoch’s The Sun Newspaper
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WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Authorities arrested eight people Saturday, including five employees from Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper, in connection to the phone hacking and corruption scandal, according to police and representatives from News Corporation.
Also arrested was a police officer, a member of the armed services and an employee of the Ministry of Defense, as authorities investigate bribery claims of public officials by journalists. Authorities say British police searched the offices of Murdoch’s News Corporation Saturday morning for materials relating to suspected payments to police officers and public officials.
According to police, information leading to the arrests was provided by the Management and Standards Committee, a group established by News Corporation to investigate the corruption scandal.
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