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We may never know ‘the truth’: Khashoggi's fiancée

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25 December, 2019, 12:20 pm
Last modified: 25 December, 2019, 12:27 pm

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We may never know ‘the truth’: Khashoggi's fiancée

Hatice Cengiz also said that the execution would further conceal the truth of the incident.

TBS Report
25 December, 2019, 12:20 pm
Last modified: 25 December, 2019, 12:27 pm
Photo collected from NDTV
Photo collected from NDTV

The fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi said the verdict that sentenced five people to death in connection with the murder is unfair and invalid.   

Hatice Cengiz also said that the execution would further conceal the truth of the incident, reports NDTV.

Khashoggi disappeared after going to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, to obtain documents for his planned wedding. His body was reportedly dismembered and removed from the building and his remains have not been found.

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A Saudi court on Monday sentenced five people to death and three to jail over the murder, while dismissing charges against three others, finding them not guilty. A UN investigator accused Riyadh of making a "mockery" of justice by exonerating senior figures who may have ordered the killing.

The presiding Saudi court rejected the findings of the UN inquiry by ruling that the killing was not premeditated, rather carried out "at the spur of the moment".

Khashoggi's fiancée was waiting outside the consulate when he went inside to retrieve the documents.

After the verdict Cengiz said the trial did not reveal why those convicted had killed Khashoggi because the trial was held behind closed doors.

"If these people are executed without any chance to speak or explain themselves, we might never know the truth behind this murder," she said.

"I'm calling upon every authority in the world to condemn this kind of court decision and urgently prevent any execution, because this would just be another step in concealing the truth."

"SHAM TRIAL"

Turkey said on Monday the trial outcome fell far short of serving justice, and on Tuesday Turkish Communications Director Fahrettin Altun slammed the verdict as an "insult to the intelligence of any fair observer".

"The international media must pursue the case of Khashoggi until there is true accountability... Those responsible must face justice sooner or later," Altun said on Twitter, calling the case a "sham trial".

"This despicable murder was done at a diplomatic facility against every diplomatic norm imaginable! We will follow this case to the end regardless (of) how high it goes."

The murder of Khashoggi, a US resident and critic of the kingdom's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, caused a global outcry, and some Western governments, as well as the CIA, said they believed the prince ordered the killing.

Saudi officials say he had no role, though in September the crown prince indicated some personal accountability, saying "it happened under my watch".

After Monday's verdict, a source familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments said key U.S. government agencies rejected the validity of the court proceedings and CIA experts still believed Prince Mohammad personally ordered or at least approved of, the killing.

The source said the five men condemned to death were essentially foot soldiers in the killing, while two senior security officials acquitted played a more significant role.

 

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