Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi . File photoMOSCOW, Apr 7 Hatice Cengiz, the fiancée of slain Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi, announced her intention to challenge the decision to transfer the case of his murder from Turkey to Saudi Arabia, Agence France-Presse reported. On Thursday, Turkish media reported that Turkey suspended the trial of Khashoggi and transferred it to Saudi Arabia after the corresponding opinion of the Ministry of Justice. «We will challenge the decision in accordance with our legal system,» Cengiz told reporters. Khashoggi was killed in October 2018 in Istanbul at the Saudi consulate. Initially, the Saudi authorities denied his disappearance in the diplomatic mission, but after some time after the appearance of video and audio recordings, they were forced to admit that Khashoggi was killed «as a result of a quarrel with consular officials.» The Turkish police were never able to find his body. In September 2020, a Saudi Arabian court issued final verdicts in the Khashoggi murder case. Of the eight defendants, five were sentenced to 20 years in prison, one to 10 years, and two others received seven years in prison. detainee in Khashoggi murder case released
