The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) is wearing egg on its face after half a dozen staff members were arrested following an illegal gambling probe.

On Monday, the South China Morning Post broke the news that Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) had arrested 21 individuals following this Saturday’s launch of Operation Iron Triangle.

The arrested individuals included 15 members of a “corrupt and illegal” bookmaking operation operating out of a residential premise in the Tsuen Wan district. But those feeling the long arm of the law also included six HKJC team members: four stable staff and two assistant trainers.

The ICAC stated that the suspects were engaged in “the provision of privileged information to facilitate illegal bookmaking and control of race horses.” The ICAC’s investigation into the matter is far from over, but for the moment that’s all the detail it was willing to provide.