South Korean investigators are making a second attempt to detain the impeached president

Authorities who stopped the investigation South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at his residence on Wednesday in a second attempt to arrest him for his failed martial law declaration last month.

According to Reuters, police have sent about 3,200 officers to the president’s sprawling mountain mansion in Seoul.

The video shows officers approaching Yoon’s residence. According to Reuterswhere hundreds of his supporters had already gathered to protest on his behalf. Earlier, it was reported that they were seen walking through a group.

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On January 3, an attempt to detain Yoon was called off after a six-hour standoff between military guards and presidential security personnel.

“As I have repeatedly emphasized the importance of preventing physical conflict between government agencies,” Acting President Choi Sang-mok said in a statement on Wednesday. “If any untoward incidents occur, I will be held strictly responsible.”

Authorities are making a second attempt to arrest South Korea’s interim president Yoon Suk Yeol since martial law was declared last month. (AP, South Korean Presidential Office via File)

Executing a warrant for Yoon’s arrest has been difficult for investigators because the president’s legal adviser insists it cannot be done under a law that prohibits non-consensual searches of locations that may be related to military secrets.

Yoon’s lawyers also described such a warrant as an illegal means of publicly humiliating him.

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The arrest warrant is the first against a sitting South Korean president. Yoon’s warrant comes after he declared martial law on Dec. 3 amid frustration that the opposition-dominated parliament refused to accept key items of his political agenda.

The move was criticized in South Korea and abroad, where analysts were generally shocked by the sudden and unprecedented move. It is one of the most stable democratic countries in Asia.

Police officers appear to have approached suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence in Seoul, South Korea, along with investigators from the Corruption Investigation Bureau for high-ranking officials. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)

Parliament unanimously rejected Yoon’s declaration and later suspended him on December 14 in a 204-85 vote that included members of his own party.

If the Constitutional Court upholds the motion with a three-quarters majority, Yoon will be formally impeached.

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The next session of the court is scheduled for Thursday.

Reuters contributed to this report.