South Korean investigators have left the president’s official residence after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.

South Korean investigators on Friday were attempting to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree last month, as hundreds of his supporters gathered at his residence in Seoul,

Police estimated at least 200,000 people filled the streets of Seoul ahead of the vote. It was the motion to impeach Yoon over his failed attempt to impose martial law early last week.