jockey chris munce
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jockey chris munce
by bayman » Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:39 pm
has been arrested at the hong kong airport does anyone know why ??? i'll presume its to do with tax or passports
i thought secret groups were a thing of the past, well not on websites anyway
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by MW » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:55 am
Alledgedly been giving tips for bets...
Star jockey Munce arrested in Hong Kong
Tim Habel with AAP
05jul06
MELBOURNE Cup-winning jockey Chris Munce was arrested at Hong Kong airport yesterday on his way home to Australia.
His arrest follows an investigating into an alleged tips-for-bets bribery rort.
Munce, 37, was arrested with six people as part of a planned police raid.
It is unclear why authorities detained Munce, but the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to the ABC he had been arrested.
Australian consular officials in Hong Kong are yet to speak to him, but a spokesman said officials would offer to give him him assistance.
Munce's manager, Heath Cram, said he was shocked at the news.
"It doesn't fit in with Chris's character to hear the words 'being charged' or 'arrested'," he told the ABC. "Now I'm just waiting to hear what the next step is."
The arrests follow an investigation by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption into the alleged rort.
The arrests were made in an operation codenamed "Twin Towns", which began on Monday.
Among those arrested were four suspected illegal bookmakers, as well as two people who allegedly acted as middlemen.
Munce has not been named by the inquiry.
The commission said a jockey, who had since been arrested, had allegedly accepted advantages, either directly or through middlemen, from illegal bookmakers and punters for providing tips about his mounts in various race meetings.
The advantages are believed to refer to bets placed by illegal bookmakers and punters on the jockey's behalf, as well as dividends generated from those bets.
Star jockey Munce arrested in Hong Kong
Tim Habel with AAP
05jul06
MELBOURNE Cup-winning jockey Chris Munce was arrested at Hong Kong airport yesterday on his way home to Australia.
His arrest follows an investigating into an alleged tips-for-bets bribery rort.
Munce, 37, was arrested with six people as part of a planned police raid.
It is unclear why authorities detained Munce, but the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed to the ABC he had been arrested.
Australian consular officials in Hong Kong are yet to speak to him, but a spokesman said officials would offer to give him him assistance.
Munce's manager, Heath Cram, said he was shocked at the news.
"It doesn't fit in with Chris's character to hear the words 'being charged' or 'arrested'," he told the ABC. "Now I'm just waiting to hear what the next step is."
The arrests follow an investigation by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption into the alleged rort.
The arrests were made in an operation codenamed "Twin Towns", which began on Monday.
Among those arrested were four suspected illegal bookmakers, as well as two people who allegedly acted as middlemen.
Munce has not been named by the inquiry.
The commission said a jockey, who had since been arrested, had allegedly accepted advantages, either directly or through middlemen, from illegal bookmakers and punters for providing tips about his mounts in various race meetings.
The advantages are believed to refer to bets placed by illegal bookmakers and punters on the jockey's behalf, as well as dividends generated from those bets.
by Coorong » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:06 pm
Boys, its nothing new. Been happening for years. Also sit in a few selective front bars around the country and watch a few "stable hands" get some good ones in. The phones work overtime.
One, front bar of a Goolwa pub would open your eyes.
One, front bar of a Goolwa pub would open your eyes.
by mal » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:10 pm
COORONG
We want to be a rePUBlic don't we ?
And I thought there was no skullduggery in horse racing.
We want to be a rePUBlic don't we ?
And I thought there was no skullduggery in horse racing.
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