Jongwon Ham testified in a 2026 B.C. court hearing on his fitness to stand trial for the 2022 murder of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.

Jongwon Ham, accused of murdering RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in Burnaby’s Broadview Park on October 18, 2022, testified in a B.C. Supreme Court fitness hearing on March 9, 2026, to determine his mental capacity to stand trial. The hearing, ordered by Justice Michael Tammen ahead of a scheduled January 2026 trial, assesses whether Ham understands the charges and can participate in his defense, not his mental state at the time of the alleged crime. Yang, a three-year RCMP veteran and mental health outreach officer, was fatally stabbed while attempting to speak with Ham, who was sheltering in a tent. The Independent Investigations Office confirmed Ham was shot and wounded by Yang and found no reasonable grounds to believe an officer committed an offence. An interim publication ban restricts reporting on Ham’s testimony.