London (AP) - is questioned former right-hand man of Rupert Murdoch by British legislators on how much he knew on the telephone hacking scandal, lawmakers said Tuesday.
Media Commission of the Parliament, which is investigating the scandal, said that former publisher of the Wall Street Journal and high Murdoch help the Hinton testify by video link 24 oct.
The announcement was made in a brief note of scheduling by e-mail to journalists and included no details on what would be the agenda of the hearing. But Hinton has emerged as a central figure in the scandal, which damaged the empire of Murdoch's international media and shocked the world of British journalism.
Hinton was President Executive of News International, the journal News Corp. U.K. division, while illegal behaviour was allegedly to news of the world tabloid on Sunday for the flagship of the division.
Hinton testified in 2007 and 2009 that he had not seen evidence of piracy spread beyond a journalist, but the documentary evidence and the testimony of other former leaders have cast doubt on his claims.
Hinton worked with Murdoch for more than a half-century before he resigned following the scandal. His intimacy with his former boss - in July, Murdoch said that it would be confidence Hinton with"my life" - means that his appearance will receive particularly careful.
Separately, the Commissioner of police new London Bernard Hogan-Howe said legislators that his officers helped 30 British tabloid scandal of piracy telephone surveys.
Alongside three criminal investigations, headed by the police of London - also known as the Met - Britain has a host of other ongoing reviews, including a study led by the judge of the media ethics, a probe by the custodian of police complaints, a review of the links between the police and the press and various examinations conducted by parliamentary committees.
"I can quite understand why it is necessary, but what this means - in terms of is - is that all these different groups are waiting to provide us with information,"Hogan-Howe said.""
Hogan-Howe, appointed after his predecessor and another senior officer resigns scandal, said that he hoped to restore standards in the police service.
"There will be things to resolve, but we will work our thanks to it... and build the confidence of the population of London," he said at the home page Affairs Select Committee. "".
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David Stringer contributed to this report.
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