Authorities allege Majcher, 61, a resident of Hong Kong, used his network of Canadian contacts to obtain intelligence or services that benefited the People’s Republic of China.
A retired RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference asked a Quebec court judge on Monday to quash an indictment against him because it was filed in the wrong province. Lawyers for William Majcher argued in a courtroom in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, that the charges should have been filed in British Columbia or Ontario. "Those are two place in Canada where the offences are alleged to have been committed," said Louis Belleau, a Montreal-based...
A parliamentary researcher from Edinburgh has been charged with spying for China along with another man. Christopher Cash, 29, who attended George Watson’s College, was director of a policy group on Beijing co-founded by security minister Tom Tugendhat. He was also employed as a researcher by Alicia Kearns, chairwoman of the Commons foreign affairs committee. Cash, whose address is listed on official documents as Whitechapel, London, was arrested in Edinburgh last year and has now been charged...
Criminal charges against the former Thunder Bay police chief and other high-ranking members have sown further doubt in the credibility of the embattled force in northern Ontario, its current leaders acknowledged Monday as they vowed to rebuild confidence in the service. Chief Darcy Fleury and police board chair Karen Machado held a joint press conference to address last week's arrests of ex-chief Sylvie Hauth and the service's former in-house lawyer in an ongoing misconduct investigation. ...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires has dismissed Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Demosthenes Escoto, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. confirmed yesterday.
Former Leyden Police Chief Daniel Galvis was arraigned on several charges of larceny and violating the standards of conduct for public employees.
Rashee Rice turned himself in Thursday, a day after arrest warrants were issued for him on charges including aggravated assault. He was released on bond Thursday night.
Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The Netherlands remains an important target for Russian espionage thanks to its defence industry, the high-tech sector and the international organisations based here, the military security service MIVD said on Thursday in its annual report. “The threat from Russia is major,” director Peter Reesink said. “The Netherlands is an attractive target, partly because it is an important military hub. There are also many data hubs in the North Sea, which are of interest for possible sabotage.” The...
GLENN HEIGHTS, Texas >> Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice surrendered to police Thursday on charges including aggravated assault after he and another driver of a speeding sports car allegedly caused a crash involving a half-dozen vehicles on a Dallas highway last month.
Husband of Nicola Sturgeon was rearrested ‘in connection with the embezzlement of funds’ from party, say policePeter Murrell, the husband of the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been charged in connection with embezzlement after being arrested for a second time by police investigating allegations regarding the funding and finances of the Scottish National party.Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, was first arrested and interviewed as a suspect by Police Scotland detectives...
As fallout over the Israel-Hamas war grows, the head of the embattled Berkeley public school district is being summoned to Washington, D.C., to testify in front of congressional members amid allegations of antisemitism in her schools. Berkeley Unified Supt. Enikia Ford Morthel said Monday that she would travel to the nation's capital for a May 8 hearing to field elected officials' questions in the latest chapter of congressional inquiries into campus antisemitism that previously contributed to...