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MPs want to question Rupert Murdoch over police comments MPs want to question Rupert Murdoch over police comments
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MPs want to question Rupert Murdoch about comments he is said to have made about the police probe into allegations of corrupt payments by journalists.MPs want to question Rupert Murdoch about comments he is said to have made about the police probe into allegations of corrupt payments by journalists.
Mr Murdoch was secretly recorded by Channel 4 news and the Exaro news agency appearing to criticise the police and defending his journalists who have been accused of such payments. Mr Murdoch was secretly recorded by Channel 4 News and the Exaro news agency appearing to criticise the police and defending his journalists who have been accused of such payments.
The cross-party culture committee has voted to ask the News Corp boss to reappear before it. The cross-party Culture Committee has voted to ask the News Corp boss to reappear before it.
He first appeared before MPs in 2011. He first gave evidence in 2011.
The appearance was disrupted when a protester attempted to throw a foam pie at him.The appearance was disrupted when a protester attempted to throw a foam pie at him.
Mr Murdoch has yet to respond to the MPs' new request, which comes after a secret recording was broadcast appearing to show him criticising Operation Elveden - the probe into alleged illegal payments to public officials by journalists, mainly from News International.Mr Murdoch has yet to respond to the MPs' new request, which comes after a secret recording was broadcast appearing to show him criticising Operation Elveden - the probe into alleged illegal payments to public officials by journalists, mainly from News International.
'Protracted''Protracted'
In the recording - of a talk Mr Murdoch gave to Sun journalists in March - he is heard complaining about "totally incompetent" police officers and said he would do "everything in his power to give you total support, even if you're convicted". In the recording - of a talk Mr Murdoch gave to Sun journalists in March - he is heard complaining about "totally incompetent" police officers and saying he would do "everything in his power to give you total support, even if you're convicted".
The BBC's media correspondent David Sillito said the MPs believed there were contradictions between the apparent contents of the recording and Mr Murdoch's evidence to them that they wanted to explore. BBC media correspondent David Sillito said the MPs believed there were contradictions between the apparent contents of the recording and Mr Murdoch's evidence to them that they wanted to explore.
But he added that with more than 20 arrests so far in the Elveden inquiry and several people charged, the committee would be extremely restricted in what questions it could ask.But he added that with more than 20 arrests so far in the Elveden inquiry and several people charged, the committee would be extremely restricted in what questions it could ask.
Earlier on Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick told MPs on the home affairs committee that the force was seeking a court order to get hold of the tape recording. Earlier on Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick told MPs on the Home Affairs Committee that the force was seeking a court order to get hold of the tape recording.
She said voluntary co-operation with News Corp had "significantly reduced" in the past couple of months and all new requests for material were now subject to the approval of a judge - a process she described as "protracted".She said voluntary co-operation with News Corp had "significantly reduced" in the past couple of months and all new requests for material were now subject to the approval of a judge - a process she described as "protracted".
News Corp has said it continues to co-operate with the police regarding Operation Elveden, and the separate investigation in allegations of phone hacking, and said Mr Murdoch had been demonstrating "understandable empathy" with staff.News Corp has said it continues to co-operate with the police regarding Operation Elveden, and the separate investigation in allegations of phone hacking, and said Mr Murdoch had been demonstrating "understandable empathy" with staff.
Evans Harris, associate director of the Hacked Off campaign, which calls for tighter regulation of the press, welcomed the move to recall Mr Murdoch.
He said: "The victims of press abuse, who Hacked Off represent, were appalled that Rupert Murdoch told Sun journalists that parts of the Leveson inquiry were over 'next to nothing'."