the bbc has established that saud al-qahtani has not been back to his office since the death of jamalh two other officials. we asked saud al-qahtani to comment on the allegations made in this film. he has not responded. however, the saudi government has told the bbc its investigation into jamal khashoggi's death will be... what now lies in store for mohammed bin salman? leon panetta served as defence secretary and also director of the cia under president 0bama. he has met the crown prince on several occasions. i think it is very important that a price be paid here for the horrendous murder that took place in that consulate. it's up to the crown prince to make clear what occurred here, the bottom line is his credibility has been damaged. with his reputation badly tarnished overseas, how much support does the crown prince still command at home? right now the royal family is enormously unhappy with crown prince mohammed bin salman. one of the distinctive features of his rise to power is a crackdown on the privileges that the royal family has enjoyed. so the royal family really hated him

saud al-qahtani questioned him via a video link. 0nce saud al-qahtani questioned him via a video link over, a royal visitor arrived. mohammed bin salman showed up minutes after we sat down with a big smile on his face, which led me to believe he was watching the whole thing. i noticed four cameras in the corners of that sweet. so i believe that he was watching the whole thing. our after almost three months detention, he was released on. another detainee was treated more harshly. according to a lawyer who's worked for several princes, he's also a long—standing critic of the saudi regime. he said punishment was meted out to the prince, former commander of the national guard, and mbs‘s cousin. he says family members told him what happened. a secret informant inside the kingdom has alleged to the bbc that the abuse didn't stop at torture. he says one man was beaten to death. we can't independently verify his story, but it tallies with at least two other accounts of what took place. using an encrypted messaging system, the source says the victim is this man, major general ali al-qahtani. a

one of those alleged to have been involved is a man called saud al qahtani, the former media adviserce been demoted by the regime. but was this the first suspicious death he'd been implicated in? here's joelle naayem. in november 2017, the saudi elite was gripped by panic. the crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered more than 200 princes, businessmen and government officials to be detained at a luxury ritz—carlton hotel in riyadh. it was described as an anti—corruption drive. back then, mbs, as he is also known, was talked of almost as a saudi robin hood. the bbc interviewed journalist jamal khashoggi about the event. i think we necessarily shouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt. yes, we need to punish corruption, but it is being done by one—man rule. khashoggi's concerns tended to be supported by the allegations emerging from the ritz—carlton. allegations that detainees had not just been stripped of their wealth, some had also been tortured. a secret informant inside the kingdom tells bbc that khashoggi's murder was not the first killing to be carried out by people close to th

business with them now that list of seventeen names include a very close aide to the crown prince saud al qahtani as well as the consul general from in stumble of muhammad out of tabor so these names of similar or identical to the seventeen names that the saudis initially listed as being responsible for this killing certainly the state department has just had a briefing describing this as a very important first step the supposition being that they are going to be further steps to come possibly is this likely to satisfy congress or will they still want more well already there's been much rings from congress set this does not go far enough you have had several senators saying that imposing sanctions against people who are already in custody does not really fully convey the u.s. his displeasure now there are moves in congress for a number of sanctions against saudi arabia among them a very importantly is a call on president trump to suspend to go see a sions for a civilian nuclear agreement which has been ongoing between saudi arabia and the u.s. now this call is come from both republicans and democ