<p>But HCL Technologies insisted such requests were not “unusual or untoward” and stressed it never stored any of News International’s emails, in a written response to questions from a panel of British lawmakers. News International’s internal emails have become a focus in the phone-hacking scandal amid suspicions about messages that were sent by staff at the publisher’s News of the World tabloid, which was axed last month amid new hacking claims.<br /><br /> The closure of the paper was the start of a crisis in Murdoch’s News Corp. media empire, which has prompted the resignation of several of his close aides and a string of arrests.<br />HCL’s law firm, Stuart Benson, said News International had asked for information on nine occasions between April 2010 and July this year.</p>
<p>But HCL Technologies insisted such requests were not “unusual or untoward” and stressed it never stored any of News International’s emails, in a written response to questions from a panel of British lawmakers. News International’s internal emails have become a focus in the phone-hacking scandal amid suspicions about messages that were sent by staff at the publisher’s News of the World tabloid, which was axed last month amid new hacking claims.<br /><br /> The closure of the paper was the start of a crisis in Murdoch’s News Corp. media empire, which has prompted the resignation of several of his close aides and a string of arrests.<br />HCL’s law firm, Stuart Benson, said News International had asked for information on nine occasions between April 2010 and July this year.</p>