A video has emerged showing a Cariboo, BC, resident placing a cardboard sign saying “Chinese police station” by a placard at an RCMP office. .The resident walks up the shrubs and tries to fasten the sign onto a pole for the RCMP one, according to a Sunday video. He gives up on trying to put it on this pole and walks to the centre of the sign. .He puts the sign in the ground and puts a strip of tape on it. After taping it to the other side, he moves over to the first one he tried and places tape on it while it is next to the opposing pole. .He then climbs down from the shrubs and walks away to provide an unobstructed view of the sign..The Chinese government is reportedly operating 54 police stations in countries around the world, including Canada, according to an October report from Safeguard Defenders..READ MORE: Chinese operating three police stations in Canada.Safeguard Defenders said officers working at these stations keep an eye on Chinese citizens living in Canada. .“There are very real concerns they are bullying Chinese people who simply want to live freely in Canada,” it said. .The RCMP said in February it did not conduct any criminal investigation of alleged Chinese interference in the 2019 Canadian election. .READ MORE: RCMP says no criminal investigation into Chinese election interference.Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said the testimony was not reassuring amid repeated claims of illegality..“Where is the transparency?” said Conservative MP Michael Cooper (St. Albert-Edmonton, AB)..The RCMP said on Friday it has arrested and charged a retired officer with foreign interference-related offences connected to crimes allegedly committed in the years after he left it. .Former RCMP officer William Majcher, 60, is accused of helping the Chinese government's efforts to identify and intimidate a person outside the scope of Canadian law.."Mr. Majcher 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," it said.
