London ( CNN ) -- CNN host and former UK tabloid editor Piers Morgan was questioned in December in connection with a UK police inquiry into phone hacking , he said Friday . Morgan said he was interviewed while in Britain by officers involved in the investigation into claims that journalists illegally hacked people 's voice mail to get stories , known as Operation Weeting . `` In early November I was asked to attend an interview by officers from Operation Weeting when I was next in the UK , '' he said in a prepared statement . `` This was further to a full witness statement I had already freely provided . I attended that interview as requested on 6 December 2013 . '' London 's Metropolitan Police said in a prepared statement : `` A 48-year old man , a journalist , was interviewed under caution on the 6th December 2013 by officers from Operation Golding in connection with 'suspected conspiracy to intercept telephone voicemails . ' `` He was interviewed by appointment at a South London police station and he was not arrested . '' CNN said it `` has been aware of this interview since before it took place , and has no further comment . '' Operation Golding is a strand of Operation Weeting and is specifically investigating allegations of phone interception at Mirror Group Newspapers , a Metropolitan Police spokesman said . The Daily Mirror , formerly edited by Morgan , is one of the group 's titles . There have been four arrests under Operation Golding and three people have been interviewed under caution , the Met Police said . This means anything said can be given in evidence in court . Metropolitan Police inquiries have largely focused on alleged wrongdoing at the News of the World and Sun newspapers , owned by media baron Rupert Murdoch . A number of people connected to the papers are on trial over alleged abuses there , including former editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson . They deny wrongdoing . Morgan , also a former editor of the News of the World , is the host of prime-time interview show `` Piers Morgan Live , '' which was first aired in January 2011 . In December of that year , he was called to testify before the UK Parliament regarding his exact knowledge of a phone hacking scandal involving pop star Paul McCartney and his ex-wife , Heather Mills . Morgan was a columnist at The Sun before , in 1994 , becoming editor of the News of the World . Two years later , he moved to the rival Daily Mirror , where he served as editor-in-chief from 1995 until 2004 .
John Morgan says he was questioned by police looking into phone hacking claims . He was interviewed in person while in Britain , he says . Morgan , a CNN host , was formerly editor of two UK tabloid newspapers . Police are investigating allegations that Morgan illegally used people 's voice mail to get stories .