By Reuters The fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi described the sentencing of five people to death in relation to the killing as unfair and invalid, adding that their execution would further conceal the truth. The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy in Washington DC to mark the anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, October 2, 2019 (REUTERS / Sarah Silbiger / FILE / MANILA BULLETIN) Khashoggi disappeared after going to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, to obtain documents for his planned wedding. His body was reportedly dismembered and removed from the building and his remains have not been found. A Saudi court on Monday sentenced five people to death and three to jail over the murder, while dismissing charges against three others, finding them not guilty. A UN investigator accused Riyadh of making a “mockery” of justice by exonerating senior figures who may have ordered the killing. The presiding Saudi court rejected the findings of a UN inquiry by ruling that the killing was not premeditated, rather carried out “at the spur of the moment”. Hatice Cengiz, Khashoggi’s fiancee, was waiting outside the consulate when he went inside to retrieve the documents. In a statement on Tuesday, Cengiz said the trial did not reveal why those convicted had killed Khashoggi because the trial was held behind closed doors. “If these people are executed without any chance to speak or explain themselves, we might never know the truth behind this murder,” she said. “I’m calling upon every authority in the world to condemn this kind of court decision and urgently prevent any execution, because this would just be another step in concealing the truth.”