Judge keeps Catalan ex-vice president, three other leaders in jail
Madrid, (MILLAT ONLINE):Catalonia’s sacked vice president and three other separatist leaders
will remain in prison pending a probe over their role in the region’s
independence drive, a Supreme Court judge decided Monday.
Oriol Junqueras, who was sacked as vice-president
when the Catalan parliament declared independence on October 27,
Joaquim Forn, who used to be in charge of interior matters in Catalonia,
and the leaders of two pro-independence associations will stay in prison,
the court said in a statement. Six other former ministers who were also
remanded in custody will be released on bail.