South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month.

A Seoul court issued a warrant Saturday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for an extended period over his botched martial law bid last month in the first such detention of a sitting South Korean president.

A Seoul court has issued a warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law declaration last month, marking the first-ever detention of a sitting South Korean president.