Evening Update: Retired RCMP officer charged with conducting foreign interference for China

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Retired RCMP officer William Majcher has been charged with foreign interference after he “contributed to the Chinese government’s efforts to identify and intimidate an individual outside the scope of Canadian law,” the RCMP said in a statement. Majcher, who was arrested upon arriving in Vancouver from Hong Kong on July 18 by plane, allegedly “used 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 said Majcher was charged with two counts under the Security of Information Act,...