Catalan court to investigate complaints over police failure to close polling stations

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- 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.