Renovation contractor Gary Tang has been jailed 20 months for possessing forged identity cards.

Tang, 46, pleaded guilty at Sha Tin Magistracy Court to one count of possessing a forged identity card and one of possessing a false instrument. He was jailed for 20 months on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently.

Immigration Department officers arrested two Mainlanders for performing renovation work illegally in a Kowloon Tong premises during a raid last month. Tang was the contractor.

The building's entry records showed Tang had taken the two men to the building four times and they registered using Hong Kong ID cards.

Immigration officers later found five fake IDs and six copies of forged IDs in Tang's home. One had a photo of one of the Mainlanders.