South Korean authorities have arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December
, investigators said.
A motorcade was seen leaving the gates of his hillside residence where Yoon has been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire barriers and a small army of personal security.
Earlier, more than 3,000 police officers and anti-corruption investigators had gathered there before dawn.
Yoon's supporters and members of his ruling People Power Party protested attempts to detain him.
Yoon's lawyers have argued attempts to detain Yoon are illegal and are designed to publicly humiliate him.
The warrant investigators secured for his arrest is the first ever issued against an incumbent South Korean president.
This is a developing story and this article will be updated.
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