Phone hacking suspect arrested

LONDON - Detectives investigating phone hacking and police bribery at defunct British tabloid the News of the World on Tuesday arrested the newspaper's former managing editor, police and British media said.

He is the latest in a string of executives to be questioned about wrongdoing at the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper.

The Metropolitan Police said a 71-year-old man had been arrested by appointment on Tuesday morning at a London police station. They did not name him in keeping with the British police practice of not identifying suspects who have not been charged.