Bill Majcher Pleads Not Guilty

CBC is reporting that "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."

"William Majcher took to his feet in the first minutes of what is expected to be a two-week trial in order to deny the single charge against him: committing preparatory acts to commit an offence under Canada's Security of Information Act." As I recently reported, Majcher's arrest was deemed illegal because there was not enough evidence to justify an arrest.

Inside Project Servo - Asian Pacific Post 

Fabian Dawson, the former deputy chief editor of the Vancouver Province just put out a very informative article about the case in the Asian Pacific Post. This is  a link to the article and this is a PDF of the article. 

In that article, Fabian quotes retired Vancouver police officer Paul McNamara, who has been following the case.

"He pointed out that Majcher’s arrest came during a period of intense political pressure on the Trudeau government to respond to allegations of Chinese interference in Canada."

“My concern is that the RCMP got caught up in the anti-China climate of the time, failed to investigate with the rigour this case required, and the prosecution allowed that theory to keep moving forward. That should concern every Canadian.”

Indeed it should because this punitive and bizarrely bogus case including the fake picture CSIS gave to Sam Cooper is straight out of the Twilight Zone. It's based on a false narrative not on facts. The perfect example of that is the recent shady CTV article. The headline in that twisted article reads "Trial of ex-Mountie and accused China mercenary begins."

Accused China mercenary? Where on earth did that come from? The CTV article admits that "Justice Devlin found that when Majcher arrived at Vancouver International, the RCMP did not have probable grounds to arrest him."

The CTV article also admits that "Fourteen RCMP officers would carry out a search warrant at Marsh’s home which the judge also found was invalid." It then explains that "Justice Devlin also slammed the INSET team for relying on second-hand information from an Australian television documentary in which Majcher was featured, instead of doing its own interviews."

So the judge slammed INSET for running with a hearsay narrative from an Australian documentary and that's the first thing the twisted CTV article ran with. 

The CTV article states "

In the documentary Majcher admitted to being an economic mercenary who worked with the Chinese government. 

But the judge says the narrative put forward by Ferland at that time leaves too many gaps to reasonably infer that Majcher had any involvement with Mr. Sun.”

So the dramatic and defamatory headline pushing a false narrative came from an Australian TV show. Again, this is the root of the case. As Canada and the US is going after criminals under proceeds of crime legislation, so is China. It is not unlawful for them to do so. 

There's nothing treasonous about a accomplished former police investigator assisting them. So even if the Crown's primary allegation was true, which it is not, there's nothing unlawful about it. China wanted to find out who was stealing from them so they hired an accomplished private investigator. 

The CTV article admits that "After he retired from policing, Majcher moved to Hong Kong where he founded a company, EMIDR, which specialized in helping Chinese firms recover stolen assets. Beijing was also one of his clients."

Economic mercenary was a term Bill Majcher used to promote his services meaning he was good at his job. In the CBC article it states that "Devlin asked the prosecutor if he had thought about how evidence that Majcher wasn't good at completing tasks would assist in making a case grounded in allegations about preparatory acts. 'Have you thought that through?' the judge asked. 'How is that going to help you?'"

The CBC article stated "Former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German described a relationship with Majcher that dated back to the years when both men investigated financial crimes for the RCMP."

"German described Majcher as very accomplished and very good at what he does, as well as a good talker who was prone to hyperbole." Thus the term economic mercenary. 

It's like referring to himself as a pit bull when it comes to his ability to investigate crime. It's doesn't mean he is literally a pit bull. It simply means he is good at his job which everyone admits he is. So instead of basing its case on facts, the Crown and the CTV article resorted to false narratives and perceptions. That should concern all of us. The CTV article dropped the word economic and referred to Bill as an accused China mercenary to intentionally misrepresent him. Just like CTV intentionally misrepresented the Convoy during the protest. 

"Trial begins for ex-Mountie Bill Majcher accused of working as a bounty hunter for China." Bounty Hunter. Get a life. Sounds like Judy Trinh is trying to take over for CSIS Sam.