Yoon set to spend first night in jail as criminal suspect

SEOUL, Jan 20 (AFP): 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 Monday.
Yoon was arrested in a dawn raid last week, becoming the first sitting South Korean 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 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 Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang on Sunday, according to 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, Yonhap 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.