A Singaporean man has been jailed three months for trying to smuggle raw pig intestines from Malaysia.

Singapore's coast guard intercepted Tan Choong Wah, 46, in October as he steered his sampan toward the city-state loaded with 29 packets, or 232 kilograms, of pig intestines bound for a buyer, officials said.

Pig intestines are commonly used in Chinese cooking.

Tan could have been jailed up to two years and fined 50,000 Singapore dollars (RM113,520).

Singapore has banned imports of pig products from Malaysia since an outbreak of the potentially fatal Nipah virus more than six years ago.