Controversial MP Mark Latham has been escorted by police from a venue at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.

Latham was asked to leave by management during the Epson Day racing event on Saturday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Australian Turf Club said, but he refused.

Police approached Latham in the Grandview Restaurant, where he debated officers for a short time before police escorted him from the venue.

Latham is not allowed on the racetrack after he resigned his membership amid an investigation into his alleged verbal abuse of a club official in April at Rosehill Racecourse, the ATC spokesperson said.

Latham was given a 12-month good behaviour bond by the club after he was accused of launching a verbal tirade against the club’s head of corporate affairs and government relations

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