News staff arrested, office searched in UK probe
posted by Admin on February 6, 2012
The development finally drags Britains biggest-selling newspaper into the turmoil at News International, after its stablemate the News of the World was shut down in disgrace in July amid a scandal over phone hacking.
Police said they made the arrests after information was provided to police by the US-based News Corporation – in what commentators said was a clear effort by the company to detoxify the brand.
The BBC and The Guardian newspaper named the arrested Sun journalists as former deputy editor Fergus Shanahan, former managing editor Graham Dudman, present crime editor Mike Sullivan and present head of news Chris Pharo.