James Murdoch, scion of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, got more pressure Friday as he is likely to face parliament again to address allegations that he misled lawmakers in his testimony on Britain's phone-hacking scandal. The Washington Post reported Friday British Prime Minister David Cameron said the young Murdoch should recalled by Parliament to respond to the allegations. At the same time, an opposition lawmaker called for a police investigation into whether James Murdoch, 38, lied. “At issue is whether News Corp. executives knew of the widespread practice of phone hacking at their now-defunct News of the World tabloid ... and whether the executives tried to cover it up,” said the Post. Reporters from News of the World have been suspected of hacking the phones of thousands of British citizens. In the United States, Justice Department prosecutors are preparing subpoenas as part of their inquiry into allegations that News Corp. employees sought to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and tried to bribe law enforcement officers for information. Quoting people “familiar with the matter”, the Post said Friday the subpoenas would seek information from the company related to the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed Murdoch's British media operations. Murdoch is chairman and chief executive of News Corp., which is based in New York and has extensive US operations. James Murdoch heads up News International, the newspaper-publishing arm of News Corp. In Britain on Tuesday, James Murdoch denied having ever seen a key piece of evidence in the case that emerged in 2008 — an e-mail suggesting phone hacking went as high as the tabloid's chief correspondent.
