Ex-Mountie Bill Majcher Linked to Meeting with Tse Chi Lop, Chinese Triad Leaders

It’s an unprecedented glimpse into the glittering world of China’s biggest drug traffickers and money launderers, set in a star-studded Macau suite where criminal billionaires with intricate ties to Beijing wager tens of millions on high-stakes table games.

Documents reviewed by The Office show that in February 2019, Macau’s casino “Junket King” Alvin Chau Cheok Wa rented rooms at the Conrad, a palatial hotel in the Sands China complex known for hosting lavish VIP events where Hong Kong tycoons and movie stars sometimes treat gambling like a spectator sport, reminiscent of a cross between ballroom dancing and the Kentucky Derby.

Records show that Alvin Chau’s company Suncity paid for all “VIP service” and hotel expenses for himself and his guests, including a “Mr. W. Majcher” and a “Mr. Xie Lap Chi.”

Remarkably, according to a casino security clip, before a game begins, two Canadians – former RCMP undercover agent William Majcher, now on trial in Canada for allegedly gathering intelligence to aid China, and Tzu Chi Lop, who are on trial in Australia for running one of the world’s largest opioid and methamphetamine trafficking syndicates stand and shake hands.

It is believed that ‘Xie Lap Chi’ is an alternate spelling or transliteration of the same name in English as ‘Tse Chi Lop.’

With his sleek hair, rugged suits and penchant for front-page photos with beautiful actresses, Alvin Chau — a senior figure in alleged heroin trafficking and money laundering networks associated with the 14K Triad, who was also a member of a senior political organ of the Chinese Communist Party — is no less important or less notorious than Tse Chi Lop.

And while the casino world is shocking, Tse’s involvement is not surprising.

In October 2019, Reuters brought the news that the Canadian citizen called “Target One” an Australian-led international task force once lost $60 million during a single VIP gambling session in Macau.

Ironically, and perhaps unbeknownst to them at the time, all three men – Tse, Majcher and Chau – became targets of Western law enforcement and intelligence agencies in February 2019.

Following a sophisticated disruption operation by Australian police and intelligence leaders, in 2023, Alvin Chau was convicted in Macau for leading an organized crime syndicate that hosted illegal high-stakes gambling for VIPs in Macau hotels.

The size of this gathering of Triad leaders, including Tse Chi Lop and Alvin Chau, and the alleged connections, are likely to be of great interest to international law enforcement and intelligence agencies, especially given the profiles of the individuals involved.

But for Canadians struggling to understand the charges against William Majcher in the broader context of a growing scandal surrounding China’s collusion with unidentified members of parliament, this February 2019 meeting in Macau will only add to the unanswered questions and concerns about the integrity of their government.

Majcher is being investigated for his work with Chinese authorities, including his alleged involvement with China’s Ministry of Public Security in Beijing’s so-called Fox Hunt repatriation operations. The RCMP alleges his crimes took place in Vancouver, Toronto, Hong Kong, China and “elsewhere in the world.”

He is accused of providing Chinese police with sensitive information using his network of international law enforcement contacts.

Majcher moved to Hong Kong with his family in 2007 after retiring from the RCMP. He established a private financial investigation service, drawing attention to his previous expertise in infiltrating transnational drug trafficking and money laundering organizations.

Two weeks ago, The Office asked Ian Donaldson, Majcher’s Vancouver lawyer involved in the Canadian criminal case, whether Majcher would respond to questions based on detailed business and legal information gathered during a journalistic investigation for this story.