MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd December, 2018) Opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi discussed plans to create an online youth movement to counter Riyadh's state propaganda in the year before his murder with another opponent of the kingdom's polices in the WhatsApp messenger, media reported on Sunday.
According to the CNN broadcaster, in over 400 messages, Khashoggi is discussing the plans with fellow Montreal -based Saudi exile, Omar Abdulaziz, who has got asylum in Canada.
In the messages, Khashoggi is highly critical of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud, branding him as a "beast."
"The more victims he eats, the more he wants. I will not be surprised if the oppression will reach even those who are cheering him on," Khashoggi said in a message in May, to which the broadcaster was given access.
According to the broadcaster, in August, the two understood that their messages might have been intercepted by Saudi authorities.
"God help us," the journalist wrote.
On Sunday, Abdulaziz brought a lawsuit against an Israeli firm that is believed to be behind the software that was allegedly used to hack his phone, the media outlet said.
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist known for his criticism of Saudi policies, disappeared on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia's acknowledgment that the journalist had been killed in a fight inside the consulate came after two weeks of denials and growing pressure from Western allies to provide explanations.
On October 26, the Saudi prosecutor general acknowledged that the journalist's murder was premeditated. However, Riyadh maintains that the killing had nothing to do with the Saudi Royal family, describing it as a rogue operation.
