(37) Phone hacking: The Sun accusers open a new chapter

Link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/phone-hacking-the-sun-accusers-open-a-new-chapter-a6816806.html

 

Summary:

 

Just last month, the Crown Prosecution Service announced, to the relief of the great and the not so great, that there would be no more criminal prosecutions against journalists over phone hacking. Nor would proprietor Rupert Murdoch’s company face any charges for overall responsibility for what had gone on. However, it seems a third phase has begun. The Sun, another Murdoch paper, escaped scrutiny, but now that is changing.

Key data/statistical information:

• The High Court heard that 16 civil claims by alleged phone-hacking victims are in the offing, with a possible 25 to follow.
• Five of the initial 16 are against The Sun.
• Mulcaire worked under Greg Miskiw, an executive for a shadowy branch of the paper called the Covert Intelligence Unit (CIU), and was sent to prison for intercepting voicemails in 2007.

What's my view?

Many newspapers are known for hacking into people's phone therefore I think that it might be key to see what The Sun could potentially be hiding. In the past, people have been sent to prison for invading others privacy which is still an ongoing problem in the news industry. Its a good idea that there are more investigations going on to sort this problem.