Family of the man, named as Zaki YM Hasan, demand an investigation into his death
Istanbul/Dubai — A man held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates has committed suicide by hanging himself in prison, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
The dead man was one of two suspects charged with international, political and military espionage. The pair were arrested on April 19 and had confessed to spying on Arab nationals, a senior Turkish official said then. The UAE is a close ally of Saudi Arabia. Relations with Turkey have been strained since the two Arab states launched a blockade of their Gulf neighbour, Qatar, in 2017, while Ankara supported Doha.
“We were surprised that he was suddenly arrested after the false accusations against him,” the son Youssef said. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 by a team of Saudi operatives, provoking an international outcry.
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