Ministers in Britain's coalition government, criticized for being too close to Rupert Murdoch's scandalhit News Corp., face more scrutiny this week when details of their meetings with the company's executives are published.
News Corp. executive James Murdoch is also under pressure over his handling of a phone-hacking scandal that has hit the Murdoch family's media empire and could jeopardize his own position at the company.
British police are considering a request from opposition Labour politician Tom Watson to investigate claims that the 38-year-old son of News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch gave "mistaken" testimony to a parliamentary hearing last week.
Another Labour lawmaker, Chris Bryant, has written to News Corp.'s independent directors calling on them to suspend both James and his 80-year-old father for failing to exercise proper corporate control.
The scandal, centred on the now defunct News of the World newspaper, has led to the resignation of senior executives at News Corp. and also cost two of London's top policemen their jobs after they were accused of getting too close to the company.
Prime Minister David Cameron has also faced the worst crisis of his 15 months in charge, his judgment questioned for hiring former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications chief.
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