A South Korean court has sentenced prominent North Korean defector and author Jang Jin-sung to six months in prison, after finding him guilty of a sexual crime against a former female coworker, NK News has confirmed.

Jang is the bestselling author of the 2014 memoir “Dear Leader,” which tells the story of his life as a North Korean propaganda artist and poet, as well as his defection to South Korea.

The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court handed down the sentence on Tuesday for “indecent act by force,” four months after the prosecutors indicted Jang in Oct. 2021 in