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Old 03-27-2007, 12:29 AM
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The race tracks here need tight security, especially after this.
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Old 03-27-2007, 01:28 AM
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How did they really hope to score with this? Arent the stewards going to hear the things going off? and arent they going to find needles everywhere? ANd arent they going to notice horses getting wobbly? or not breaking right? I dont know how syndicates run but me thinks there might be easier ways to make money.

Could be more the work of a mad genius type who hadnt thought the whole thing through. Har!
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Old 03-27-2007, 06:33 AM
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what a bizarre story. i wonder who came up with that idea--and i wonder who agreed?! some crazy stuff there. dart guns?? glad they found it beforehand.


you just can't make up crazy ish like that!!
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Old 03-28-2007, 12:36 PM
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Update from the South China Morning Post.....

Police seek four men over racetrack scare, as HK$1m reward posted
CLIFFORD LO

Four men are being sought over the remote-controlled projectile-launching device found buried in the Happy Valley racetrack last week.
Police made the announcement yesterday as a HK$1 million reward was posted by the Jockey Club for information leading to their arrests.

Police gave a detailed description of the device, which was buried at the starting point for the first race of last Wednesday's night meeting. It consisted of a 12-metre hose connected to an electrical device, a compressed gas cylinder and a camera lens.

"Twelve sets of two to three metal tubes were connected to the polythene hose through sets of valves at regular intervals," a statement said.

Nails and an unidentified solution found inside some of the tubes were being examined at the government laboratory, a source said.

The device "could have resulted in serious injuries to horses or persons", the statement said.

Police said the four men being sought had been seen at the track's 1,200-metre starting point two days before the race meeting, and again very early last Wednesday.

The second time they were spotted was hours before the device was discovered by Jockey Club track supervisor Jackson Wong Chak-shuen.

Officers said the men were aged between 25 and 40.

"No sketches of the four men can be drawn because of limited information," a police source said. "We hope a high reward can turn up information that will help solve the case."

A Jockey Club spokeswoman said the reward "demonstrates how seriously we are taking the case".

The club has stepped up security measures at the Sha Tin and Happy Valley racecourses since the incident.

Police have set up a telephone hotline (2548 2657) and an e-mail account address, crimeinformation@police.gov.hk for leads on the case. Information can also be passed on in writing to General Post Office Box No 999 or the Crime Information Faxline on 2520 2828.

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http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20070328a.asp

http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20070328b.asp
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Old 03-28-2007, 12:41 PM
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no sketches...with a 15 year age range? how many millions of men do you think fall between 25-40 in china?
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Old 03-28-2007, 01:54 PM
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I am just glad that they are serious about it there. Here, the guilty party would be give a $500 and banned from the track for 10 days...

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Old 02-20-2009, 10:14 PM
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Update...

http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14859488
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