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Ex-Mountie pleads not guilty to offence under Canada’s Security of Information Act
Prosecutors say a 2017 email shows Majcher helped plan coercive steps to bring a Vancouver resident back to China for alleged fraud.
- Former Mountie William Majcher pleaded not guilty in British Columbia Supreme Court to a charge under Canada's Security of Information Act, accused of committing "preparatory acts" to coerce a resident into repatriating himself and his assets to China.
- Justice Martha Devlin ruled last month that Majcher's 2023 arrest at Vancouver's airport was unconstitutional, finding the RCMP investigation was "premature" and based on grounds amounting "only to a hunch or generalized suspicion."
- Prosecutors allege Majcher attempted to induce Vancouver resident Hongwei Sun, also known as Kevin Sun, to return to China through "threat, accusation, menace or violence," with Sun wanted for financial crimes "ranging into the hundreds of millions of dollars."
- Allegations that Majcher's 2017 actions were directed by the Chinese government are central to the trial, with the Crown contending he facilitated efforts to target Chinese nationals for repatriation as part of anticorruption operations.
- Majcher's RCMP investigation began in 2021 after he retired and moved to Hong Kong, with proceedings testing enforcement of the Information Act regarding foreign efforts to target individuals in Canada.
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Ex-Mountie pleads not guilty to acting on behalf of China as foreign influence trial begins
A former Mountie accused of acting on behalf of the Chinese government pleaded not guilty Monday to laying the groundwork for a scheme to "induce" a multimillionaire Chinese expat to turn himself over to China where he was accused of financial crimes.
·Canada
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Ex-Mountie, accused of helping China, pleads not guilty to security offence
The trial of a former RCMP officer got underway in British Columbia Supreme Court Monday, with prosecutors alleging William Majcher prepared to coerce a resident of the province to return to China, where he was wanted for financial crimes.
·Kelowna, Canada
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