Yoon last week became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested as he faces allegations of insurrection related to his stunning, short-lived Dec. 3 declaration of martial law that has plunged the country into political turmoil.
Footage showed protesters blasting fire extinguishers at lines of police guarding the front entrance, before they flooded inside, destroying office equipment and furniture.
“We will track down till the end more of those who committed illegal acts or instigated and assisted,“ the Seoul Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
With a requirement either to petition to extend Yoon's detention or free the impeached president within 48 hours, South Korean investigators asked a Seoul court on Friday to hold him for longer after he refused to be questioned.
Under the new warrant, Yoon can be detained for up to 20 days. South Korean regulations require a suspect detained under a warrant to undergo a physical exam, have a mugshot taken and wear a prison uniform.
“President Yoon Suk Yeol and our legal team will never give up,“ lawyers representing Yoon, who have called the criminal probe invalid, said in a statement.
Yoon's conservative People Power Party called the court's decision a “great pity”.
But the main opposition Democratic Party called the court's approval on the warrant a “cornerstone” for rebuilding order and said that “riots” by “far-right” groups would only deepen the national crisis.
But in the turmoil since - in which the opposition-majority parliament also impeached his first replacement and investigators botched an initial attempt to arrest Yoon - the PPP's support has sharply rebounded.
Denying the allegations that he masterminded insurrection, Yoon has so far stonewalled efforts by the CIO to interrogate him, refusing to attend questioning.
Insurrection, the crime that Yoon may be charged with, is one of the few that a South Korean president does not have immunity from and is technically punishable by death. South Korea, however, has not executed anyone in nearly 30 years.
Separate to the criminal probe that sparked Sunday's chaos, the Constitutional Court is deliberating over whether to uphold the impeachment and permanently remove him or restore his powers.
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