After Wednesday’s questioning, Yoon is expected to be detained at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, about 5 km (3 miles) from the CIO office.
However, if the court does not issue a detention order within 48 hours of Yoon’s arrest, he will be released and free to return to the presidential residence.
While the current president’s arrest is extraordinary for South Korean politics, the country’s political crisis is far from over. It is just another stage in the unfolding political drama.
The crowds outside Yoon’s home Wednesday morning underscored the country’s deep divisions.
The anti-Yoon crowd cheered, clapped and sang a song of “congratulations and celebration” upon the announcement of his arrest.
The atmosphere is completely different on the other side.
“We are very upset and angry – the rule of law has been broken,” a Yoon supporter told the BBC.
The standoff also pitted the two branches of the executive branch against each other: law enforcement officers, armed with a legal arrest warrant, and presidential security personnel, who said it was their duty to protect the suspended president.
Even before he declared martial law, Yoon was reduced to a lame duck leader as the opposition party held a majority in parliament.
He also faced controversy surrounding his wife for receiving a Dior bag as a gift.
