A MAN who drove in a Malaysian registered car suspected to have been stolen was jailed for six months on Friday.

Lee Chong Seng, 23, a Malaysian, pleaded guilty to dishonestly keeping the stolen Honda at Woodlands Checkpoint on Nov 29 last year.

The court heard that he was given RM600 (S$263) by a man called Terence in Malaysia to drive the car into Singapore.

After immigration clearance, he was stopped at the arrival car channel where he was arrested after an interview.

The car had been reported stolen four days earlier from Cheras.