LIV Golf Investments move to defend Greg Norman after Jamal Khashoggi murder ‘mistake’ comment

LIV Golf Investments has come to the defence of its chief executive Greg Norman after appearing to dismiss the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey as a ‘mistake’. 

The journalist was assassinated at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul after criticising his country’s government, and a UN special rapporteur and the CIA have since claimed Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman gave the orders for the killing.

Norman was asked about Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and sportswashing on Wednesday as he laid out his plans for his lucrative breakaway LIV Golf Invitational Series, which is financially backed by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, the PIF.

 The…