Riyadh: The family of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday rejected reports that a settlement was made between his family and the Saudi Arabian government over the scribe’s murder.
Jamal’s son Salah Khashoggi said that no such settlement was discussed currently or before.
“Currently, the trial is taking place and no settlement discussion had been or is discussed. The people who committed and were involved in this crime will all be brought to justice and face punishment,” he said in a statement posted on Twitter.
“We understand the urge to know what transpired regarding the case, and we will be sharing the developments as soon as they are legally admissible and allowed. There are no friends or consultants or any third party authorised to speak on our behalf or claim to be a source of information except for us, Jamal’s children and Mr. Motasem Khashoggi our attorney,” Salah added.
Khashoggi, who was a journalist with The Washington Post and a vocal critic of the Saudi regime, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 last year, where he had gone to obtain paperwork certifying his divorce with his former wife Alaa Nassif in order to be able to marry his Turkish fiancée Hatice Cengiz.
After presenting several contradictory theories, Saudi Arabia acknowledged that Khashoggi was killed in the consulate premises in what it had described as a “rogue operation”. (ANI)
