Former Cameron aide to be arrested over hacking: Report - Straits Times

LONDON - BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron's former press aide was to be arrested over the phone-hacking crisis which has plunged Mr Rupert Murdoch's media empire into chaos, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

Police told Andy Coulson that he was to be detained on Friday over claims that he knew News of the World journalists and private detectives on the paper's payroll were hacking phones of public figures while he was editor, the Guardian said.

According to the report, Coulson has been asked to report to police for questioning, after which he was expected to be released on bail.

News of the imminent arrest broke hours after mogul Murdoch killed off the News of the World in a shock move aimed at limiting the damage caused by the snowballing crisis to his News International stable.

Officers working on Operation Weeting brought forward the arrest over fears News International was to leak more evidence to the press following Tuesday's revelations that Coulson had apparently authorised payments to police for stories.

The 168-year-old paper will print its last edition on Sunday after claims that it hacked the phones of a murdered girl and the families of dead soldiers along with a host of celebrities and politicians. -- AFP

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