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Canada – Trial of ex-Mountie and accused China mercenary begins
By Judy Trinh
April 20, 2026
VANCOUVER – In his policing career, William Majcher infiltrated terror groups and drug cartels and was put on an assassin’s hit list.
With a university degree in commerce, the former Mountie often went undercover as an expert who could help criminals launder their money.
In 2021, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) acting on information from Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), issued a national espionage alert warning all its members about Majcher.
He had retired 14 years earlier from the force and moved to Hong Kong, but investigators believed he had been turned by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
In July 2023, Majcher came back to Canada “voluntarily” to clear his name, instead he was arrested when he landed at Vancouver International Airport.
The former Mountie faces one charge under the Security of Information Act, a law used to prosecute foreign interference.
The 63-year-old is accused of engaging in “preparatory acts,” such as planning to use threats and violence to pressure a Chinese national Hongwei “Kevin” Sun to return to China to face punishment for alleged fraud.
After waiting nearly three years, Majcher’s trial will be heard in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. The case will be tried in front of Justice Martha Devlin and is scheduled for one week.
“Bill has been stuck in Canada. He’s been separated from his family and children. And his position has always been – ‘I’m not guilty. I’m innocent and I want to have my day in court,’” Ian Donaldson, Majcher’s defence lawyer said, adding that his client has elected for a judge alone trial.
Investigators believe Majcher participated in China’s notorious Operation Fox Hunt, Sky Net and anti-corruption campaigns launched by President Xi Jinping.
Under the program, the PRC would recruit police officers, private investigators and lawyers in foreign countries to help track down fugitives suspected of financial crimes.
Human rights group say Fox Hunt was also a guise used by Beijing to find and silence its critics in the Chinese diaspora.
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