Has been accused of illegally paying thousands of pounds by authorized officials (yuan), London (AP) - the British tabloid the sun "deputy editor, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
Jeff Webster's allegations are the latest drums employees of rupert murdoch's media empire of criminal charges.
Dozens of journalists - most of them British, rupert murdoch's news corp staff - based in New York, has been involved in a wide range of phone hacking and police scandal, bribes, and many other media misconduct. Scandal has led to a series of overlapping, and push for a controversial plan to install a tough new Britain's media regulator has brought the unprecedented power.
Rupert murdoch's news international, based in London, unit, responsible for "sun" confirmed, and Webster is still employee of tabloids, but did not immediately comment on the charges.
Royal prosecutors' office said in a statement, Webster was charged with the authorization to pay $6500 (nearly us $10000), an unidentified officials information, an unidentified Sun employees in July 2010 and August 2011 in return. It is about time, about the rumours of a phone hacking scandal began to emerge.
The second charge is similar to in November 2010, but smaller payments.
Webster to join a small, but more and more senior journalist in the sun is sued, illegal payments, and other crimes.
In January, the thesis defence editor, wheeler, Virginia, charging police officer Paul Flattley together, conspiracy of misconduct in a government agency.
Flattley charged information between 2008 and 2011, received 6450 pounds "accidents, incidents and crimes" - including the death of a teenage girl.
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