Police quiz Brooks over hacking and bribery

BRITISH police investigating phone hacking and police bribery by the defunct tabloid News of the World arrested a 43-year-old woman yesterday who British media identified as Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s former British chief executive.

Police said the woman was arrested at a London police station at noon yesterday by appointment. She was being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications — phone hacking — and on suspicion of corruption — bribing police for information.

London police do not identify suspects until they are charged.