Potter author ‘dismayed’ by British PM on press

LONDON (AFP) - Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling accused British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday of betraying victims of press intrusion after he opposed calls by a major inquiry for laws to regulate newspapers.

Rowling, who told the Leveson Inquiry last year that journalists had repeatedly invaded her children’s privacy, said Cameron had let down people like her who had decided to testify about press misconduct.

“I am alarmed and dismayed that the prime minister appears to be backing away from assurances he made at the outset of the Leveson inquiry,” the author said in a statement on the website of Hacked Off, a group for victims of press intrusion.