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Former News International managers in testimony on phone-hacking
Sep 6, 2011, 15:50 GMT
London - Two former senior managers at newspaper publishing group News International said Tuesday that group chief executive James Murdoch was aware of the widespread use of phone hacking that has caused a storm of protest in Britain.
Their statements to a parliamentary committee of inquiry in London appeared to contradict earlier contentions by Murdoch, the son and heir of newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch, that phone hacking practices were confined to one 'rogue reporter.'
Colin Myler, the former editor of the Sunday tabloid News of the World - which was closed down as a result of the scandal - and former company lawyer Tom Crone said Murdoch knew of a 2008 email that suggested hacking was widespread.
The parliamentary committee for sport, culture and media is investigating the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Murdoch newspapers in Britain this summer.
The parliamentarians have said that they would recall Murdoch to give renewed evidence if discrepancies are found in his testimony. James Murdoch and his 80-year-old father first gave evidence to the committee in July.
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