Uribe joins Murdoch in News Corp .

Uribe joins Murdoch in News Corp .
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 14:32 Joey O'Gorman

Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, currently being investigated for illegal wire-tapping, was on Tuesday nominated to the board of media giant News Corp, whose UK tabloid News of the World was last year shut down over a phone-hacking scandal.

Uribe was nominated for approval at the meeting along with former U.S. Labor Secretary, Elaine Chao, to replace two directors who plan to step down following the event.

The former president is currently being investigated in relation to the illegal wiretapping of human rights activists, journalists, Supreme Court magistrates and politicians, while his former chief of staff is in jail awaiting trial for the offenses, and his former secret police chief fled the country before charges were filed.

At Tuesday's News Corp board meeting, increased pressure was put on media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to step down as chairman due to his handling of last year's phone-hacking scandal in the UK when News Corp's London-based tabloid, News of the World, was embroiled in a high profile phone-hacking scandal, resulting in around 50 arrests and criminal charges against eight of the tabloid's editors and journalists.

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