The News
Corporation building is seen in New York, July 13, 2011.
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Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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(Reuters) -
A journalist at Rupert Murdoch's daily British tabloid The Sun was arrested on
Friday by police investigating alleged payments to police, an inquiry which
stemmed from the phone hacking scandal, two sources close to the company said.
A spokesman
for News International, the UK newspaper arm of News Corp, said "a News
International employee has been arrested by police and the company is
cooperating fully with the investigation."
Scotland
Yard had said earlier that a 48-year-old man was arrested in connection with
allegations of corruption as part of Operation Elveden, the investigation into
allegations of inappropriate payments to police.
News Corp
has admitted liability in a wider phone hacking scandal at its now defunct News
of the World Sunday tabloid but has said there was no evidence that illegality
spread to other titles.
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