Chinese woman jailed by Irish court for not carrying ID

A Chinese woman, who claimed she came to Ireland to have “more human rights”, has been jailed for three months for being in the State without satisfactory identity documents.

The defendant, named in court as Yueqin Zheng (aged 21) with no fixed address, pleaded guilty to not having a valid passport or equivalent documentation to establish her identity and nationality, to the satisfaction of the immigration officer, at Dublin Airport, on June 19 last.