DOHA – UN chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a “credible” probe intojournalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul.

“It is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to havethe punishment of those that were guilty,” Guterres said at a conference inDoha.

The UN chief said he had no information on the case except what had beenreported in the media.

Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, was killed onOctober 2 shortly after entering the kingdom’s consulate in what Riyadhcalled a “rogue” operation.

Saudi Arabia has repeatedly rejected Turkish demands to extradite suspectsconnected to the murder of the journalist, a critic of Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman.

Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has not yetshared information on a “local collaborator” in his country.

Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the conference that Riyadh has neither dislosedthe name nor the facial composite of a suspect in Turkey.

“Why don’t you share it with Turkey?” he asked.

“We know that (Khashoggi’s) body was cut in pieces and his body was takenout of the consulate building, but we don’t know where the body is.

“This is the main question, we need to find out.”

On Saturday, Cavusoglu said that his country would “not give up” onestablishing the truth about the murder.

Earlier this month, the minister said Turkey was in talks over a possibleUnited Nations investigation into the killing which has provoked globaloutrage.

According to Turkey, a 15-member Saudi team was sent to Istanbul to killKhashoggi, a palace insider turned critic of the regime.

Riyadh has since detained 21 people over the murder.

Despite speculation that the powerful crown prince ordered the hit, thekingdom has strongly denied he was involved.

The murder has damaged Riyadh’s international reputation, and Westerncountries including the United States, France and Canada have placedsanctions on nearly 20 Saudi nationals. – APP/AFP