Munce heads to court

Australian jockey Chris Munce will head to a Hong Kong court in an attempt to get his passport back and return to Australia.

Munce had his passport confiscated following an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation code-named "twin towns".

Four suspected illegal bookmakers, and two other people who are alleged to have acted as the middlemen were originally arrested along with Munce.

ICAC issued a statement saying their investigation revealed Munce had allegedly accepted advantages, either directly or through the middlemen, from illegal bookmakers and punters for providing tips relating to his mounts in various race meetings.

The alleged advantages were believed to be in the form of bets placed by the illegal bookmakers and punters on the jockey's behalf, as well as dividends generated from those bets.

Investigation revealed that on a number of occasions during the racing season ending last Sunday, bets totalling about $0.6 million were placed on behalf of the jockey, who had received, or was expecting to receive, dividends totalling about $1.6 million.

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