South Korean authorities have arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection accusations related to his declaration of martial law on December 3rd. Yoon surrendered to investigators to avoid violence after over 3,000 police officers attempted to arrest him at his residence. His arrest is the first ever against an incumbent South Korean president.
South Korea n authorities have arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December martial law declaration , investigators said. Politicians voted to stand him down after the martial law declaration, and he has since remained at his hillside residence, guarded by a small army of personal security that blocked a previous arrest attempt.
Yoon's lawyers said the arrest warrant was illegal because it was issued by a court in the wrong jurisdiction, and the team that was set up to investigate him had no legal mandate to do so. Yoon declared martial law on 3 December, saying he was trying to protect South Korea from "anti-state" forces.
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