By Hyunsu Yim and Ju-min Park
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over riot accusations associated to his Dec. 3 martial regulation declaration, investigators stated.
Yoon’s presidential motorcade left the hillside residence the place he has been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire boundaries and a small military of private safety, and later arrived on the places of work of the anti-corruption company heading the probe.
In a press release, Yoon stated he submitted himself for questioning to keep away from any violence after greater than 3,000 cops marched on his residence to arrest him from the early hours on Wednesday.
“Once I noticed them break into the safety space utilizing firefighting gear right this moment, I made a decision to answer the CIO’s investigation – regardless of it being an unlawful investigation – to forestall unsavoury bloodshed,” Yoon stated in a press release.
Yoon’s legal professionals have argued makes an attempt to detain Yoon are unlawful and are designed to publicly humiliate him. The warrant investigators secured for his arrest is the primary ever issued towards an incumbent South Korean president.
As native information broadcasters reported that Yoon’s detention might come quickly, some minor scuffles broke out between tearful pro-Yoon protesters and police close to the residence, in line with a Reuters witness on the scene.
Yoon’s declaration of martial regulation shocked South Koreans and plunged certainly one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies into an unprecedented interval of political turmoil. Lawmakers voted to question him and take away him from duties on Dec. 14.
Individually, the Constitutional Court docket is deliberating over to uphold that impeachment and completely take away him from workplace.
