South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached due to his controversial martial law declaration, has started serving his jail sentence. He was arrested last week and formally detained on Sunday. Yoon is facing criminal charges for insurrection and claims the investigation is illegal. His supporters have protested and even attacked the court building, resulting in numerous arrests and injuries.
SEOUL — South Korea 's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol had his mug shot taken and underwent a physical check before spending his first night in jail as a criminal suspect, a prison officer said on Monday. Yoon was arrested in a dawn raid last week, becoming the first sitting South Korea n head of state to be detained in a criminal probe on insurrection charges over his botched declaration of martial law.
A court approved his formal arrest warrant on Sunday, citing concerns he would destroy evidence, and Yoon went from being a temporary detainee to a criminal suspect facing an indictment and trial. Yoon was given a 12-square-meter (129-square-feet) cell at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang — a satellite city that is part of the Seoul Capital Area — on Sunday, said Shin Yong-hae, commissioner general of the Korea Correctional Service. He was 'assigned to one of the standard rooms used by regular inmates,' Shin told lawmakers during a parliamentary session. Yoon's cell — which typically would hold five or six people, the Yonhap News Agency reported — is similar in size to those where past presidents have been detained, Shin said. The suspended leader, whose powers have been transferred to an acting president but who remains sitting head of state, also had his mug shot taken and underwent physical examination like his fellow inmates, Shin said.'The individual cooperated well with the procedures without any particular issues,' Shin said. According to prison regulations, Yoon will have to change from his normal clothes into a khaki prison uniform, and he will also have been assigned an inmate number. Prison officials have said his cell includes a small table to use for eating and studying, a small shelf, a sink and a toilet. It also includes a television, but viewing time is strictly restricted. Inmates are allowed to go out for an hour every day for exercise, and shower once a week, but local media have reported that authorities will attempt to prevent him coming into contact with other inmates. His personal security detail will accompany him whenever he leaves his cell, reports say. Court attack Yoon plunged South Korea into political chaos with his Dec. 3 martial-law declaration that lasted just six hours before lawmakers voted it down. They later impeached him, stripping him of his duties. He faces a Constitutional Court case deciding whether to uphold his impeachment, and also a criminal investigation on insurrection charges, over which he has been detained. Yoon has claimed the probe is illegal, and resisted arrest for weeks, vowing to 'fight to the end.' His die-hard supporters attacked the court building on Sunday after it extended Yoon's detention. Dozens of people, including YouTube streamers, have been arrested over a riot at a court in Seoul, police said on Monday, and 51 police officers were injured in the attack, including some with head injuries and fractures. Up to 35,000 of his supporters were outside the court on Saturday, according to a police report seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP). After the formal arrest warrant was issued on Sunday, some 300 people gathered near the rear entrance and began 'throwing objects such as glass bottles, rocks, and chairs into the court grounds,' the report said.'Some 100 protesters entered the court premises, smashing windows of the first floor, damaging the walls and entering inside the building,' it added
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