Media magnate Rupert Murdoch will appear next week before the independent British inquiry into journalistic ethics prompted by phone hacking at his defunct News of the World tabloid, the investigators said Thursday.

Murdoch will appear Wednesday and perhaps Thursday morning, according to the inquiry's website.

His son, James Murdoch, a top executive in his father's company, has also been summoned and is scheduled to testify Tuesday.

The news came as police said they made three more arrests in connection with an investigation into alleged bribery of police and officials...