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LONDON — Greg Norman’s disregarding of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing as a “mistake” has been condemned by the fiancee of the late Washington Put up columnist.
The previous No. 1 golfer is main a sequence of Saudi Arabia-funded tournaments in England and has come underneath criticism for his feedback about Khashoggi’s ugly loss of life on Oct. 2, 2018, on the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
“Look, we’ve all made errors and also you simply need to be taught by these errors and how one can appropriate them going ahead,” the 67-year-old Norman stated Wednesday at an occasion to advertise the tournaments.
The Australian famous “the nice that the nation is doing in altering its tradition.”
Khashoggi, who had written critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had gone into the consulate to gather paperwork required for him to marry his Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, and by no means got here out.
Cengiz advised the Telegraph newspaper on Thursday that Norman’s feedback have been “so hurtful.”
“Would you say that if it was your beloved? How can we go ahead when those that ordered the homicide are nonetheless unpunished, and proceed to attempt to purchase again their legitimacy?” Cengiz stated. “We must always not fall for his or her wealth and lies, and lose our morals and customary humanity. We must always all be insisting on the reality and justice; solely then can we glance ahead with hope and dignity.”
Cengiz’s assertion was launched by her lawyer, Rodney Dixon, the British newspaper reported. Dixon’s workplace didn't instantly reply to an e-mail from The Related Press.
Turkish officers stated Khashoggi was killed and dismembered with a bone noticed contained in the consulate by a group of Saudi brokers. The group included people who labored for the crown prince’s workplace. His stays haven't been discovered.
Western intelligence companies and the U.S. Congress stated an operation of such magnitude couldn't have occurred with out the data of the crown prince.
“I haven’t had a private dialog with MBS, I’ve by no means met the man, however on the identical time I do learn that the Saudi authorities has made their statements and feedback about it they usually need to transfer ahead,” Norman stated.
Australian golfer Karrie Webb, who as a younger woman idolized Norman, took to Twitter to air her criticism.
“The little woman in me simply died nicely and really!! Has anyones childhood hero disenchanted them as a lot as I'm now??” Webb wrote on Thursday.
Norman is the CEO of LIV Golf Investments, funded primarily by Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund.
The primary LIV Golf Invitational is scheduled for June 11th of September at Centurion Golf Membership outdoors London, with a 48-man discipline competing for a $20 million purse over 54 holes. The winner will get $4 million — up to now the richest prize in golf — and final place will get $120,000.