Seoul: Lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Monday visited a detention center to examine surveillance footage showing jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol resisting a special counsel team's attempt to execute a detention warrant against him last month.

According to Yonhap News Agency, lawmakers on the parliamentary legislation and judiciary committee, along with members of the party's special committee on three ongoing special counsel probes, visited the Seoul Detention Center to review closed-circuit television footage of Yoon's resistance when special counsel Min Joong-ki's team failed to execute the warrant. Investigators at the time said Yoon refused to comply by lying on the floor of his prison cell.

Rep. Jeon Hyun-heui, who chairs the special committee, emphasized that the lawmakers will check for any illegalities or preferential treatment in the process. She stressed that the purpose of the visit was not intended to humiliate Yoon but to ensure that such "absurd privileges" are not granted.

The lawmakers' visit follows the judiciary committee's passage of a motion authorizing an on-site inspection of the detention center last week. The committee reportedly has no plans to disclose the footage to the public.