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Five Sun staff held as police probe illicit payments

NEWS International boss Rupert Murdoch has spoken of his "total commitment" to continue to own and publish The Sun following the arrest of five more senior journalists in a corruption investigation.

Sun editor Dominic Mohan, left, said he was going nowhere after chief reporter John Kay, top, and picture editor John Edwards were among five journalists arrested
Sun editor Dominic Mohan, left, said he was going nowhere after chief reporter John Kay, top, and picture editor John Edwards were among five journalists arrested

Murdoch, pictured below, is expected to arrive in London towards the end of this week to deal with the latest crisis in his newspaper empire.

The future of the tabloid has been called into question after the deputy editor and four other journalists were detained yesterday on suspicion of making illegal payments to police officers and other officials, taking the total to 10.