Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean president to be imprisoned

The arrest of South Korea’s Yun Suk-yeol, the first since a sitting president, ended weeks of standoff between investigators and his personal security.

Yon, whose failed attempt to impose martial law plunged the country into crisis and was impeached by parliament, is being investigated on charges of sedition.

But he still has to decide whether it is right to technically impeach the president as a constitutional court.

Presidential Security Service (PSS) personnel built barricades to thwart the arrest, and investigators used ladders and wire cutters in the freezing cold to reach Yoon.

The 64-year-old leader said senior officials have agreed to appear before the Corruption Investigation Bureau (CIO). To avoid bleeding.

In a three-minute video message, Yun said he respects the investigation against him, even though he opposes it.

He has consistently maintained that the arrest warrant is legally invalid.

Yun said he saw how the authorities “invaded” the home’s security perimeter with fire extinguishers.

I decided to appear before the CIO, even though it was an illegal investigation to prevent unpleasant bloodshed.

More than 1,000 officers were part of Wednesday’s dawn operation, the second time officers have tried to arrest him.

The CIO, who is already investigating Yon He tried to catch him on January 3.

They ignored several calls to appear for questioning and obtained the warrant.

Yoon’s People’s Power Party condemned the arrests as “illegal”, while floor leader Kwen Seong Dong described Wednesday’s events as “tragic”.

On the other hand, the floor leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Park Chan-dae, said Yoon’s arrest shows that “justice is alive in South Korea.”

This arrest is the first step to restore the constitutional system, democracy and rule of law,” he said at the party meeting.

The country is currently led by Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok as acting president. He stepped down after the first acting president. Han Dak-sum was accused In an opposition majority parliament.

After being questioned on Wednesday, Yoon is expected to be detained at the Seoul Detention Center in Yuang, Gyeonggi Province, about 5 km (3 miles) from the CIO’s office.

If a court does not issue an arrest warrant within 48 hours of Yoon’s arrest, he will be released and returned to the presidential residence.

As dramatic as the arrests of sitting presidents are for South Korean politics, the country’s political crisis is far from over. It is another chapter in the political drama.

The crowd outside Yoon’s home Wednesday morning highlighted the country’s deep divisions.

The anti-Yun crowd was clapping and chanting “Congratulations” as he announced his arrest.

The atmosphere on the other side is completely different.

“We are very angry – the rule of law has broken down,” a Yoon supporter told the BBC.

The feud also pits two branches of executive power against each other: law enforcement officers, armed with valid arrest warrants, and the president’s security staff, who are tasked with protecting the suspended president.

Even before Yun declared martial law, he turned into a lame-duck leader when the opposition party held a majority in parliament.

He also faced controversy over his wife. Receiving a Dior bag as a gift.