South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested, six weeks after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, Yonhap news agency has reported.
Police had been trying to access the president’s official office to detain him but had become engaged in a standoff with the president’s security service.
Hours later hundreds of officers made it onto the grounds of the property by using ladders to climb over barriers.
Earlier police said they had deployed 3,200 officers to execute the arrest warrant.
One person who collapsed amid the standoff has been transported away from the scene by the fire department, local media said.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police are jointly investigating whether Mr Yoon’s martial law declaration on 3 December amounted to an attempted rebellion.
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