Morning Update: China asked retired Mountie to gather information on B.C. tycoon, RCMP allege

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Good morning, The RCMP allege a retired Mountie charged this summer with conducting foreign interference on behalf of China was targeting a wealthy Vancouver real estate entrepreneur named Kevin Sun. Confidential law-enforcement information from the RCMP and FBI provided to The Globe and Mail outlines the RCMP’s belief that William Majcher collaborated with another former RCMP officer, Kenneth Marsh, to compel Sun to co-operate with China’s Ministry of Public Security and Public Security Bureau, according to the investigation dubbed Project Severo. The Globe is not identifying the source who provided details of Project Severo because they were not authorized to...