South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested: report

Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has reportedly been arrested implicit insurrection charges stemming from his ill-fated martial instrumentality declaration past month.

Yoon's detention was reported Wednesday by Yonhap, 1 of the country's largest quality outlets. A warrant for his arrest, initially requested aft helium failed to amusement up for questioning, has been retired since Dec. 31.

Police dispatched immoderate 3,200 officers to the president's sprawling hillside property successful Seoul, according to Reuters, wherever helium has spent weeks successful hiding whilst surrounded by a idiosyncratic information detail.

Video shows officers closing successful connected Yoon's residence, according to Reuters, wherever hundreds of his supporters had already gathered to protestation connected his behalf. Earlier, they were reportedly seen pushing done a radical of them.

SOUTH KOREA’S IMPEACHED PRESIDENT AVOIDS ARREST ATTEMPT AFTER HOURSLONG STANDOFF

A erstwhile effort to detain Yoon was called disconnected connected Jan. 3 pursuing a six-hour standoff betwixt subject guards and the president's information staff. 

"As I person repeatedly emphasized the request for prevention of carnal struggle betwixt authorities agencies," Acting President Choi Sang-mok said successful a connection Wednesday. "I volition sternly clasp those liable if unfortunate events occur."

Executing a warrant for Yoon's apprehension has proven hard for investigators, arsenic the president's ineligible counsel insists it is intolerable to bash truthful nether a instrumentality barring non-consensual searches of locations perchance linked to subject secrets.

Yoon's lawyers person besides decried specified a warrant arsenic an amerciable means of publically humiliating him.

ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT AS POLITICAL CRISIS DEEPENS

The apprehension warrant is the archetypal ever to beryllium levied against a sitting South Korean president. Yoon's warrant stems from his declaration of martial instrumentality connected Dec. 3 retired of evident vexation with the opposition-dominated parliament's refusal to walk cardinal items connected his governmental agenda.

The determination was decried wrong South Korea and abroad, wherever analysts expressed daze astatine the abrupt and unprecedented determination successful what is typically one of Asia's astir unchangeable democracies.

Parliament unanimously rejected Yoon's declaration, and subsequently suspended him connected Dec. 14 successful a 204-85 ballot that included members of his ain party. 

Yoon volition beryllium formally impeached should the Constitutional Court uphold the question with a three-fourths majority.

The court's adjacent proceeding is scheduled for Thursday.

Reuters contributed to this report.