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Ex-RCMP Officer Acquitted of China Spy Charge
Justice Martha Devlin said the Crown failed to prove William Majcher took concrete steps to help Chinese police coerce a Vancouver investor.
- On Wednesday, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin acquitted former RCMP officer William Majcher of foreign interference charges, ruling the Crown failed to prove he took concrete preparatory steps to coerce a Canadian resident.
- Prosecutors alleged Majcher acted as a proxy for Chinese authorities in 2017 to coerce Vancouver-based millionaire Kevin Sun to return to China, an accusation brought under Canada's Security of Information Act.
- Defense lawyer Ian Donaldson argued the Crown's case relied on circumstantial interpretations of a 2017 email chain with colleague Ross Gaffney, characterizing the prosecution's reliance on select sentences as a "leap of logic."
- Devlin concluded that while Majcher may have used "inflammatory" language, the evidence did not prove he "had taken the steps to show he was preparing to commit an offence" under the law.
- Outside the courthouse, Majcher expressed relief after the three-year ordeal, while the trial also disclosed a 2018 incident where three Chinese police officials allegedly went "missing" for six hours during an RCMP-escorted Vancouver visit.
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Judge acquits former Mountie on allegation of foreign interference
A B.C. Supreme Court judge acquitted a former Mountie of foreign interference Wednesday, finding the Crown had failed to prove that William Majcher had targeted a Chinese fraudster at the behest of the Chinese government.
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Judge Finds Former Mountie Not Guilty in Chinese Foreign Interference Case
Former RCMP officer William Majcher has been found not guilty by a B.C. Supreme Court judge of allegations that he acted on behalf of the Chinese regime in an attempt to coerce a Canadian resident into returning to China to face fraud charges. The judge found that the Crown had failed to prove their allegations against Majcher beyond a reasonable doubt. Majcher, 63, had been accused of acting as a “proxy” for the Chinese Communist Party as he s…
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