British Columbia’s Supreme Court heard Tuesday that three Chinese police officials went “missing” for six hours during an RCMP-escorted visit to Vancouver in 2018, setting off concerns they could be trying to illicitly repatriate someone.

The revelation came during testimony by RCMP Supt. Peter Tsui at the trial of William Majcher, a former RCMP officer who has pleaded not guilty to a security offence in relation to his alleged work for the Chinese government. …