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.

South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

Yoon, who was impeached and suspended from office in December, is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.