A 61-year-old female visitor to Hong Kong from the Mainland was today jailed for 54 days by Sha Tin Magistrates’ Courts for working illegally.

Immigration officers followed up on an advert on social media in which a service provider offered to submit driving licences applications at the Transport Department on behalf of others.

The officers identified a suspect and initiated an operation last Wednesday. On being arrested, the 61-year-old woman admitted that she had come to Hong Kong to submit applications for others and was to receive a monetary reward of $100 for each application.

A female Hong Kong resident, aged 33, was arrested on suspicion of employing the illegal worker and is being investigated.

The department said it will continue to take resolute enforcement action to combat such offences.