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RIYADH, Sept 8 — Saudi Arabia sought to turn the page on a journalist’s murder with a final court ruling, but observers say the damaging scandal that sparked global revulsion will continue to haunt the kingdom. The global fallout over Jamal Khashoggi’s 2018 murder tarnished the reputation of...

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. — AFP file pic

Saudi Arabia aimed to draw a line under the case yesterday, with a local court overturning five death sentences in its final ruling and handing jail terms of up to 20 years to eight unnamed defendants after secretive legal proceedings. “It does not appear to the outside world that justice has been served. The Saudis may be haunted by this for a long time.”Saudi Arabia, beset by low crude prices and gearing up to be the first Arab nation to host a G20 summit in November, is seeking to reboot its international image.

The government has appeared careful not to punish loyalist officials, a move that analysts say could have dangerously backfired as they only appeared to be following orders. Even as global outrage over the killing dissipates, Prince Mohammed will struggle to rehabilitate his international image as a self-styled reformer, analysts say.

Since the killing, the kingdom has pushed to improve its much-criticised human rights record with a slew of reforms.

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