South Korean authorities have detained impeached President President Yoon Suk Yeol after an hours-long stand-off.
South Korea 's impeached President President Yoon Suk Yeol has been taken to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials for questioning related to his short-lived martial law declaration in December.
The embattled leader said he agreed to comply with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials to avoid "bloodshed". It arrived at the investigators' office but was quickly surrounded by security and moved to the back of the building, where Mr Yoon slipped in, evading the waiting media.
Presidential guards were stationed on the CIO floor where Mr Yoon was being questioned, a CIO official said, but he will likely be held at Seoul Detention Centre, where other high-profile figures including former president Park Geun-hye and Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y Lee have also spent time.
It lasted only hours before politicians managed to get through the blockade and vote to lift the measure.Mr Yoon's presidential powers were suspended when the opposition-dominated assembly voted to impeach him on December 14, accusing him of rebellion. Throngs of those protesters gathered in the sub-zero temperatures, some wrapped in foil blankets and others waving flags bearing "Stop the Steal" slogans referring to Mr Yoon's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud — one of the reasons he gave to justify his short-lived martial law declaration.
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