Calls for a Public Inquiry Into Chinese Interference Mount After Arrest of Former RCMP Officer for Helping Beijing

Calls for a Public Inquiry Into Chinese Interference Mount After Arrest of Former RCMP Officer for Helping Beijing
An RCMP cruiser is seen on Sussex Drive in downtown Ottawa on May 29, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Andrew Chen
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Calls for Canada to launch a public inquiry into foreign interference have increased after a former RCMP officer was accused of providing intelligence and services to China.
William Majcher, a veteran Mountie with 22 years of service, was accused of using “his knowledge and his extensive network of contacts in Canada to obtain intelligence or services to benefit the People’s Republic of China,” the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSET) unit said in a statement on July 21.