WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- An official
source stated the following: the case of the disappearance of the
Saudi citizen, Jamal Khashoggi, drew the attention of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the
highest levels, and due to the circumstances surrounding his
disappearance, the Kingdom took the necessary procedures to clarify
the truth and began by dispatching a security team to Turkey on October 6,
2018 to investigate and cooperate with Turkish
counterparts.
That was followed by the formation of a Joint Security Team
between the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and the Republic of Turkey, with permission given to the Turkish
security authorities to enter the Consulate of the Kingdom in
Istanbul and the residence of the
Consul. Based on the Kingdom's keenness to clarify all the
facts, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Majesty King
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has
issued an order to the Public Prosecutor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, No. 5709 dated today,
to conduct further investigations into the case.
The Public Prosecutor has already investigated a number of
suspects on the basis of information provided by the Turkish
authorities to the Joint Security Team to determine whether any of
suspects had any information or relation to what has happened since
the information that was relayed to the security authorities
indicated that the citizen Jamal Khashoggi had left the
consulate.
In implementing the leadership's directives based on the need to
clearly know the truth and declare it transparently, the
preliminary investigations conducted by the Public Prosecution
showed that the suspects had travelled to Istanbul to meet with the Jamal Khashoggi; as
there were indications of the possibility of his return to the
country.
The results of the preliminary investigations also revealed that
the discussions which took place between Jamal Khashoggi during his
visit to the Kingdom's Consulate in Istanbul and the suspects unfortunately led to
an altercation between them and Jamal Khashoggi, leading to his
death.
The source added that while the investigations are still ongoing
into the case with 18 Saudi suspects in custody; the Kingdom
expresses its deep regret at the painful developments that have
taken place and stresses the commitment of the authorities in the
Kingdom to bring the facts out publicly; hold all those involved
accountable; bring them to justice by referring them to the courts
in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
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SOURCE Royal Embassy of Saudi
Arabia, Information Office