Catalan court to investigate complaints over police inactivity

People take to the streets to defend Spain's unity, its constitution and protest against the independence referendum set to be held on Sunday which has been declared illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court, in Barcelona, Spain, on Sept. 30, 2017. [Photo: Xinhua/Guo Qiuda]

The high court of Spain's Catalonia said Sunday that courts in the region had received over police's failure to close polling stations.

Catalonia's High Court said in a statement the courts received complaints against the Catalan police for inactivity at polling stations that had been illegally opened for voting.

Spain's interior Ministry said police have closed 92 of about 2,300 polling stations which were set up by the Catalan regional government for the banned independence referendum.