A couple will spend their "honeymoon" in a Hong Kong jail after they were convicted for their marriage-for-residency scam.

The husband, a 37-year-old mainlander, raised the suspicion of an immigration officer when he went to visit his 36-year-old wife in Hong Kong. After investigation, the man admitted he had paid the woman HK$50,000 ($6,400) to marry him so he could eventually become a permanent resident of Hong Kong.

He'll spend 21 months behind bars for the scam and for lying to immigration officers. The wife confessed to have married previously for a similar deal and received a 12-month jail term.

(Wen Wei Po)