Rupert Murdoch's media empire 'should face US charges' Chris Bryant, who received £30,000 damages from News International - now News UK - to settle his News of the World phone-hacking claim, said Mr Murdoch's secretly recorded views were "another reason" for the FBI to act. The mere fact that a company engaged in paying public officials is enough to bring a body corporate charge ... the charge can be brought because the directors did not have a governance system in place to stop it. A spokesman for News UK, home to Mr Murdoch's UK newspaper business, said: "Mr Murdoch never knew of payments made by Sun staff to police before News Corporation disclosed that to UK authorities. Furthermore, he never said he knew of payments. It's absolutely false to suggest otherwise. Meanwhile, fellow Labour MP Tom Watson has called for Mr Murdoch to face police questioning after suggesting News Corp restricted its co-operation with a police investigation of alleged corrupt practices at his British newspapers. Mr Watson said: "I hope that they're going to be interviewing Rupert Murdoch about what he did know about criminality in his organisation."