A South Korean court fined a North Korean defector over $6,700 for brokering money transfers from other defectors to their families still living in North Korea. The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court on July 15 imposed a $6,760 (10 million won) fine against Ju Su-yun after she was convicted of violating the Foreign […]
Defendant says money sent through Chinese broker helped families in DPRK cover basic living costs
North Korean defector Ju Su-yun | Image: Courtesy of Ju Su-yun
A South Korean court fined a North Korean defector over $6,700 for brokering money transfers from other defectors to their families still living in North Korea.
The Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court on July 15 imposed a $6,760 (10 million won) fine against Ju Su-yun after she was convicted of violating the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, according to a copy of the court’s ruling provided Wednesday by her attorney, Kim Myung-chul.
Ju, who defected from North Korea in 2009, accepted defectors’ requests to send money to their families back home through a Chinese broker without registration, the
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