South Korean impeached President Yoon arrested by legislation enforcement officers

A motorcade believed to be carrying impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following his arrest drives down a street, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025.
| Photograph Credit score: Reuters

South Korea’s anti-corruption company says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) hours after tons of of the company’s investigators and cops arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him.

A sequence of black SUVs, some geared up with sirens, had been seen leaving the presidential compound with police escorts.

Legislation enforcement officers had entered the residential compound of President Yoon early Wednesday of their second try and detain him over his imposition of martial legislation final month.

Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Workplace for Excessive-Rating Officers held negotiations with the president’s attorneys, and it took hours to apprehend him.

Mr. Yoon has been holed up within the Hannam-dong residence within the capital, Seoul, for weeks whereas vowing to “struggle to the tip” towards the efforts to oust him.

He has justified his declaration of martial legislation on December 3, 2024, as a respectable act of governance towards an “anti-state” opposition using its legislative majority to thwart his agenda.

Mr. Yoon’s legal professionals had been attempting to influence investigators to not execute the detention warrant, saying the president would voluntarily seem for questioning, however the company informed reporters they weren’t instantly contemplating that possibility.

The anti-corruption company is main a joint investigation with police and the army over whether or not Mr. Yoon’s martial legislation declaration amounted to an tried insurrection and sought to deliver him into custody after he ignored a number of summons for questioning. They pledged extra forceful measures to detain him after the presidential safety service blocked their preliminary efforts on January 3.