LONDON - Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO, was arrested on Sunday by British police investigating phone hacking and police bribery by the defunct tabloid News of the World.

Police said a 43-year-old woman was arrested at a London police station at noon on Sunday by appointment. She is being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications - phone hacking - and on suspicion of corruption - bribing police for information.

London police do not identify suspects until they are charged. Sky News and the BBC said the suspect was Brooks, the former News of the World editor who stepped down on Friday as head of Murdoch's British newspapers.