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Crown Abruptly Closes Case in B.C. Trial of Ex-Mountie Accused of Aiding China

The surprise move leaves a judge-alone trial focused on an alleged 2017 plan to pressure a Vancouver resident for China.

William Majcher is pictured outside B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, as his trial got underway on Monday, April 20, 2026. Majcher, a former RCMP officer, has pleaded not guilty to a charge under Canada's Security of Information Act. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brenna Owen
An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Monday, January 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
William Majcher outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, on April 20, 2026.

Overview

  • Federal prosecutors ended their case three days into the B.C. Supreme Court trial, closing it just before expected testimony from former Mountie Kenneth Marsh and prompting Justice Martha Devlin to pause proceedings so the defence can decide whether to call evidence.
  • William Majcher has pleaded not guilty to a single Security of Information Act charge that alleges he prepared in 2017 to coerce Vancouver resident Hongwei (Kevin) Sun to return to China.
  • The Crown’s central document is a June 2017 email in which Majcher wrote that Chinese police had opened a task force and that an advance copy of a warrant could help “impress upon the crook that we hold the keys to his future,” and prosecutors said they would introduce Sun’s immigration records to show he is a permanent resident.
  • RCMP Supt. Peter Tsui testified that during a 2018 RCMP‑hosted visit, three Chinese police officers were unaccounted for six hours in Vancouver, which triggered airport and border safeguards over fears of illicit repatriation and damaged police‑to‑police trust.
  • A pre‑trial ruling found Majcher’s 2023 warrantless arrest at Vancouver’s airport unconstitutional for lacking reasonable grounds, and court records say the RCMP opened the file in 2021 after his move to Hong Kong to run an asset‑recovery firm with ties to Chinese authorities.