Saudi Arabia denies intervention in murder of Crown Prince Kashqji “US report is false”

-AFP and Reuters reported that the Saudi Arabian government denied a US government report that had approved the assassination of Jamal Kashqji, a journalist who criticized the Saudi royal family, by Crown Prince Muhammad Binsalman.

On the 26th (local time), the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement and said, “The Saudi government completely rejects the negative, false and unacceptable evaluation of the report on the leadership. The report contained inaccurate information and conclusions.”

He added, “We re-emphasize that the assassination of Kashukji is a hate crime and an outright violation of the laws and values ​​of the kingdom, as previously announced by the authorities.”

Earlier, the U.S. National Intelligence Service (DNI) said in a four-page declassification report that “we evaluate that Crown Prince Muhammad approved the operation to capture or kill Kashuk.” Kashqji, who had been criticized, was brutally murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2018. His body was still not found. In September last year, a Saudi court sentenced eight defendants accused of killing Kashqji to 7-20 years in prison, respectively.

Chi-Hoon Song, reporter of Donga.com [email protected]