A Singaporean was driving along Malaysia's North-South Highway when he was stopped by the Malaysian police for speeding, Chinese evening daily Wanbao reported.

The driver, 29-year-old Mr Lee, together with his family, was on his way to Malacca to visit his relatives.

Mr Lee told Wanbao that he broke the speed limit of 110km/h a few times somewhere 100 kilometres outside Malacca, near Yong Peng, a popular rest station for travellers. But it was to overtake heavy goods vehicles, Mr Lee claimed.

Subsequently, Mr Lee said he was pulled over by the Malaysian highway police for speeding, who then demanded for his driver's licence and the family's passports for identification.

Mr Lee said: "But I had left my driver's licence in Singapore. Then the police said I'll be fined RM$5,000 (S$2,066) and jailed for one day, which shocked us!

According to Mr Lee, the policeman was holding in his hands a traffic summons book and a pen but no summons was issued immediately.

"We were still deciding what to do when someone told us the problem could be easily solved by handing over RM$300 and putting it in between the passport."

Mr Lee said at that time he was very scared so he took out the RM$300 and handed it over to the other party.

Mr Lee told Wanbao he was pulled over at the third road block along the North-South highway from Johor Bahru to Malacca, of which there are four in total.

Mr Lee said: "I saw that many vehicles were pulled over but I am not sure whether they were fined as well."

He added that he and his family used to take long-distance buses to travel to Malacca. After this incident, he'll insist on taking the tour buses again and refrain from driving up to Malacca.

Other drivers who are driving up to Malaysia should be careful and not break speed limits, Mr Lee said.