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Security (Cavkov), an official from interior minis- try’s press office told bne IntelliNews. She did not provide more details, saying that the police acted upon an order of the Public Prosecution Office.
Cavkov served as interior minister from May
2015 to the end August of 2016 following the mini cabinet reshuffle of the previous government led by Nikola Gruevski, replacing Gordana Jankulov- ska, who is under investigation in several cases launched by the Special Prosecution Office, which is tasked to probe high level crime. Cavkov re- signed as minister on September 1, 2016, in line with the Przino Agreement aimed to end the po- litical crisis in Macedonia, and then was appointed Director of the Bureau of Public Safety.
Among the arrested on November 28 were opera singer Igor Durlovski and actor Vlado Jovanovski, who also participated in the violent protests, broadcaster Telma reported.
In May, nine people, who were indicted for for par- ticipation in a mob and preventing officials from performing their duty during the violent incidents in the Macedonian parliament at the end of April, were given suspended sentences by a Skopje court. In October, a Macedonian court sentenced the attacker of Sekerinska to four years in prison, which was the first prison sentence for the inci- dents in the parliament.
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