GENEVA: President of the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia, Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban speaking at the Universal Periodic Review on Monday in Geneva — AFP ANKARA, Nov 05 (Agencies): Saudi Arabia sent a toxicologist and a chemical expert to its consulate in Istanbul after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed, a senior Turkish official has told the BBC.
The Saudis admit the journalist was killed there last month, but their accounts have wavered on what happened.
Turkish investigators believe he was choked to death and then dismembered.
Two of his sons made an emotional appeal for their father's body in a Sunday interview with CNN.
"All what we want right now is to bury him in Al-Baqi (cemetery) in Medina (Saudi Arabia) with the rest of his family," Salah Khashoggi said in an interview, filmed in Washington.
"I talked about that with the Saudi authorities and I just hope that it happens soon."
Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi rulers, was killed inside the country's Istanbul consulate on 2 October after visiting to obtain documents he needed to get married.
Meanwhile, the head of Japanese firm SoftBank on Monday condemned the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but indicated he would continue to do business with Saudi Arabia.
"We were deeply saddened by the news of Mr Khashoggi's murder and condemn this act against humanity and also journalism and free speech. This was a horrific and deeply regrettable act," said Masayoshi Son in his first comments on the killing.
However, he added: "As horrible as this event was, we cannot turn our backs on the Saudi people as we work to help them in their continued efforts to reform and modernise their society."
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