The Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sue Akers, said there had been a culture of illegal payments at The Sun newspaper to people in government, the health service and the armed forces. Some informants had received thousands of dollars in return for information. The Sun is owned by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
伦敦警察厅副助理署长Sue Akers说,《太阳报》非法向政府、卫生部门和武装军队的人员支付报酬已成一种风气,一些情报提供者会得到数千美元的报偿。《太阳报》的所有者是媒体大亨鲁伯特·默多克。
A libel case brought by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, against the country's main opposition newspaper has ended with the president issuing a pardon. Last July, the owners and journalists from El Universo were found guilty of libelling the president and sentenced to three years in jail and a $40m fine. Mr Correa had pressed charges after an article alleged that he'd ordered the army to open fire at a hospital during a police strike in 2010. Mr Correa said his position had been vindicated.
厄瓜多尔总统科雷亚提起的控告该国主要反对派报纸的诽谤案已告终结,裁决结果是,总统表示道歉。去年7月,《宇宙报》所有者和记者们被指控诽谤总统,并被判以三年监禁,同时处以4000万美元的罚款。科雷亚之所以做出指控,是因为一篇文章称他于2010年警察罢工期间,下令对一家医院开枪。科雷亚称他的立场已被证明是正确的。