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
By The Canadian Press
Apr 20, 2026 | 11:55 AM
VANCOUVER — A former Mountie has pleaded not guilty to a charge under Canada’s Security of Information Act as his trial gets underway in British Columbia Supreme Court.
William Majcher stood as he entered his plea in the Vancouver courtroom, charged with one count of committing “preparatory acts” to commit an offence, with the Crown alleging that he was prepared to coerce a B.C. resident into repatriating himself and his assets to China.
The prosecution alleges Majcher actions in May and June of 2017 were done for the benefit or at the direction of the Chinese government as he was preparing to induce Hongwei Sun, also known as Kevin Sun, by “threat, accusation, menace or violence.”
The same court ruled last month that Majcher’s warrantless arrest at Vancouver’s airport in 2023 was unconstitutional and occurred without reasonable and probable grounds.