A South Korean court on Wednesday ordered a former ROK soldier to pay a fine of roughly $374 (500,000 won) after being found guilty of insulting a fellow conscript of North Korean descent who later jumped off a building.

The Suwon District Court imposed the fine with a one-year suspended sentence against the defendant surnamed Kwon, a court spokesperson told NK News. The spokesperson was not able to provide further details, as the court’s final ruling was not yet publicly available.

The victim surnamed Kim, who was born to a North Korean defector and raised in China, accused Kwon