GG: Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont turns himself in to Belgian police - public broadcaster citing source
Deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has turned himself in to Belgian police, public broadcaster VRT reports, citing a source. Puigdemont and Catalan ministers fled to Belgium after Madrid’s central government imposed direct rule over the autonomous region.
Puigdemont appeared in Brussels alongside other members of his cabinet on Monday. That same day, the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office announced that it had filed a lawsuit against him, other members of his cabinet, and some regional MPs on rebellion, sedition, and embezzlement charges with the Spanish National Court.
https://www.rt.com/news/408843-puigdemont-catalonia-brussels-prosecutors/
Edward Tang
10 mins · Hong Kong ·
最新消息:主席自首
據比利時傳媒報道,加泰政府主席Carles Puigdemont及其四位隨行官員已向比國聯邦警察自首。另外稍早時有消息指其代表律師已前往比國檢察機關。
BBC also reports:
Catalonia crackdown: Ex-leader Puigdemont hands himself in to police
Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, says a Belgian prosecutor.
He said an investigating judge would decide by Monday morning whether to execute an EU arrest warrant issued by a Spanish judge on Friday.
Mr Puigdemont fled to Belgium after Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia following an independence referendum.
He has said he will not return to Spain unless he is guaranteed a fair trial.
He and his four associates are wanted on charges of rebellion, sedition, misuse of public funds, disobedience and breach of trust.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41877858