MURDOCH IN BED WITH CHINKS AND COPS?

Yates and Brooks

The Murdoch media empire seems to have been in bed with the Chinese, various politicians and the police?

Assistant Commissioner John Yates is a top London policeman.

Yates has spoken about rumours that he had had a relationship with top Murdoch media executive Rebekah Brooks.

"There has been a huge amount of malicious gossip. I have laughed at it. It is quite astonishing.

"I take it with a large pinch of salt; it’s not true."

Yates was supposed to be investigating the Murdoch empire.

(John Yates: I failed victims of phone hacking /John Yates interview: hacking investigation a 'cock up' )

Cameron and Brooks

Rebekah Brooks had a "sleepover" with Sarah Brown at Chequers in 2008.

Sarah Brown is the wife of former UK prime minister Gordon Brown.

Rebekah Brooks is an intimate friend of UK prime minister David Cameron.

(Rebekah Brooks: A ruthless, charming super-schmoozer.)

Hayman and friend. Website for this image

The UK's former top anti-terrorist police officer, Andy Hayman, failed to 'nail' the Murdoch media empire.

(News of the World: Andy Hayman has been criticised for not acting)

Hayman was photographed leaving a London pub with a married blonde civil servant.

Channel 4 News accused Hayman of exchanging 400 texts and phone calls with the woman, Nikki Redmond, who worked for the notorious Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The picture was taken while Hayman headed a phone-hacking inquiry involving the Murdoch media.

Hayman took a job with Murdoch, at The Times.

It has been suggested that Hayman 'failed to investigate phone-hacking' because he feared his relationship with Redmond would be exposed by Murdoch's News of the World.

In 2011, it was disclosed that top London police officers enjoyed private dinners with Murdoch editors at the same time as the force was responsible for investigating the Murdoch phone-hacking scandal.

In September 2006, top cop Paul Stephenson dined with the News of the World’s then deputy editor, Neil Wallis.

Also linked to the Murdoch organisation are former top cops Lord Stevens and Sir Ian Blair.

Former Director of Public Prosecutions Lord Macdonald has a job with the Murdoch organisation.

Has Murdoch upset those people who do not like China?

In June 2011, in Shanghai, Rupert Murdoch said of China:

"The truth is there is no more exciting market in the world".

(MURDOCH PRAISES CHINA-Studio Briefing)

The New York Times, in 2007, reported:

"Mr. Murdoch has flattered Communist Party leaders and done business with their children.

"His Fox News network helped China’s leading state broadcaster develop a news Web site.

"He joined hands with the Communist Youth League, a power base in the ruling party, in a risky television venture...

"Mr. Murdoch’s third wife, Wendi, is a mainland Chinese who once worked for his Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster, Star TV."

She has a "role in managing investments and honing elite connections in China."

Murdoch "often supports the policies of Chinese leaders and attacks their critics."

(Murdoch's Dealings in China.)