South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested by investigators over accutions of insurrection for briefly imposing matial law, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
“The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am [01:30 GMT],” the authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, making Yoon the first South Korean president to be arrested while still in office.
In a prerecorded video message released after his arrest, Yoon said he had made the decision to submit to questioning over his failed martial law bid to avert bloodshed.
“I decided to respond to the Corruption Investigation Office,” Yoon said, adding he did not accept the legality of the investigation but was complying “to prevent any unfortunate bloodshed.”
South Korean investigators and police used ladders to climb into Yoon’s residential compound after they were initially blocked by the Presidential Security Service, which barricaded the entrance using vehicles.
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