Munce faces questioning 

Munce faces questioning

Horse Racing Betting System
AUSTRALIAN jockey Chris Munce was yesterday questioned by racing stewards in Hong Kong after his arrest by the city's corruption investigators.

Munce was apprehended at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday and was one of seven people arrested in a swoop on an alleged tips-for-bets bribery scam.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club said it acted yesterday to question Munce in the best interests of horse racing in Hong Kong after his arrest by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

'Evidence was today taken from jockey Christopher Munce who confirmed he was the jockey referred to in the ICAC press release,' the club said.

'Having taken initial evidence from jockey Munce, the stewards adjourned the inquiry to a date and time to be fixed.'

Leading Sydney trainer Clarry Conners yesterday expressed total shock at Munce's arrest.

'I thought it was a joke and that he must have been caught crossing double yellow lines or something.'

Munce claimed the first of his two Golden Slipper wins aboard the Conners-trained Prowl in 1998, the same year he won the Melbourne Cup.

The jockey has been riding in Hong Kong this year and ended the season third on the premiership behind Douglas Whyte and Brett Prebble.

Munce was detained by ICAC amid claims of a betting scam as he was preparing to return home after the end of the Hong Kong racing season.