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17:58, 04-Dec-2017
Former Catalonia vice-president Oriol Junqueras refused bail
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Former Catalonia vice-president Oriol Junqueras, former cabinet member Joaquim Forn and two leaders of civic groups ANC and Omnium Cultural, faced with charges of sedition, have been refused bail, a court source said on Monday.
Six other former members of the Catalonia cabinet, detained in custody ahead of an investigation into their part in an illegal unilateral declaration of independence by the then-regional government on October 27, were set a bail of 100,000 euros (around 118,570 US dollars).
The Catalan leaders, who held a slim parliamentary majority, arranged a vote on the region's secession, banned by the Constitutional Court on October 1 before declaring independence, forcing Madrid to disband the government and take control.
Source(s): Reuters