The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have
received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of dollars per month by the kingdom's authorities, The Washington Post reported Monday.
received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of dollars per month by the kingdom's authorities, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Khashoggi — a contributor to the Post
and a critic of the Saudi government — was killed and dismembered in
October at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul by a team of 15 agents
sent from Riyadh.
His body has not been recovered.
The
payments to his four children—two sons and two daughters—"are part of
an effort by Saudi Arabia to reach a long-term arrangement with
Khashoggi family members, aimed in part at ensuring that they continue
to show restraint in their public statements," the Post said.
The
houses given to the Khashoggi children are located in the port city of
Jeddah and are worth up to $4 million, the newspaper reported.
Salah,
the eldest of the children, plans to continue living in the kingdom,
while the others, who live in the United States, are expected to sell
the homes, the paper said.
In addition to the properties, the children
are receiving $10,000 or more per month and may also receive larger
payments that could amount to tens of millions of dollars each,
according to the report.
Saudi
Arabia's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has been accused of
orchestrating Khashoggi's killing, but the kingdom has claimed that the
prince was not involved.
Saudi Arabia initially said it had no knowledge of Khashoggi's fate but later blamed rogue agents for his death.
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