STORY: S. Korean president arrested in residence over martial law imposition
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2025
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: Seoul
CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the presidential residence area (Courtesy of Yonhap)
2. STANDUP (English): YANG CHANG, Xinhua reporter
3. various of the arresting (Courtesy of Yonhap)
4. various of vehicles carrying arrested Yoon moved out of the residence in central Seoul for questioning at the CIO office (Courtesy of Yonhap)
5. various of the pre-recorded message of Yoon (Courtesy of legal representatives of Yoon) 

STORYLINE:

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition.

A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the National Office of Investigation (NOI), and the defense ministry's investigative headquarters, said in a short notice that Yoon was arrested at 10:33 a.m. local time (0133 GMT).

TV footage showed vehicles carrying arrested Yoon moved out of the residence in central Seoul for questioning at the CIO office in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, before being detained at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just 5 km away from the office.

The CIO will be required to decide within 48 hours whether to seek a separate warrant to detain Yoon for up to 20 days for further questioning or release him.

Yoon became the first incumbent president to be arrested in the country's modern history.

Yoon said in a pre-recorded message that he deplored proceeding with the arrest warrant, which he claimed to be illegal and executed by force.

He said that accepting what he claimed to be an illegal procedure was aimed at preventing any possible bloodshed.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul.
(XHTV)