OTTAWA — Conservative justice critic Tony Clement says Canada should invoke the new Magnitsky Act to sanction those responsible for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Clement says Saudi Arabia has already identified some individuals who were partially responsible for Khashoggi’s death, adding that the Magnitsky law is a next step the government should consider.

Canada passed the law last year, which gives the government the authority to freeze Canadian assets of foreign individuals who are found to have violated human rights.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland condemned the killing of Khashoggi on Saturday, saying the various Saudi explanations for his death lacked credibility.

Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get paperwork he needed to marry his Turkish fiancée.

Turkish officials say he was tortured, killed and dismembered at the diplomatic outpost.