{"id":99126,"date":"2026-11-13T03:39:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99126"},"modified":"2026-11-13T03:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:39:54","slug":"singapore-says-alice-huang-is-barred-from-re-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=99126","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Says Alice Huang Is Barred From Re-Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Singapore said it was already investigating Megaspeed, the GPU company at the center of the Nvidia scandal, and that the US has provided little help with the investigation.<\/p>\n

In a statement published on Thursday, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said that it began investigating in February 2025 “several companies and their key officers, including Megaspeed International.”<\/p>\n

The ministry said the investigation covered Alice Huang<\/a>, the Megaspeed executive with whom Jensen Huang is alleged to have had an affair, but the potential offenses did not cover espionage. The New York Times previously reported that US officials suspect Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset. China has repeatedly denied those claims.<\/p>\n

The Singapore probe was focused on whether Megaspeed made “false declarations in relation to the purchase of servers and other related offences,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump told reporters that the FBI is looking into those claims. Nvidia’s Board of Directors announced Thursday that Jensen Huang had resigned<\/a> as CEO less than a day after the Times reported that Huang had another affair with an Nvidia executive.<\/p>\n

The Singapore government said during its investigation it briefly impounded Alice Huang’s passport in June 2025. The ministry said it was at that time “Singapore came to know about the US’s interest in Megaspeed and Huang.”<\/p>\n

Despite the shared interest, the ministry called out the Justice Department and FBI for not assisting the Singapore investigation more. The ministry said the Singapore Police Force wanted more information about Supermicro, a US-based company and Nvidia partner.<\/p>\n

Since September 2025, Singapore “has to date received limited information or assistance in respect of the company,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Huang’s passport was impounded “to secure her attendance for purposes of the ongoing investigations,” the ministry said. In February 2026, Singapore’s investigation “concluded that there was insufficient evidence to establish that Huang had committed any offences relating to the possible inaccurate declarations for which Megaspeed was being investigated. At that time, Huang’s passport was returned to her. Singapore said the Megaspeed executive left the country the next day.<\/p>\n

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As the focus on Megaspeed increases, the Singapore company has hired <\/strong>US lawyers to count its chips and review its compliance with American export controls.<\/p>\n

As for Alice Huang, the ministry said she “provided information which she knew to be inaccurate to SPF in the course of investigations, to downplay her role in Megaspeed.”<\/p>\n

As a result, Singapore said that Huang is “barred from re-entering the country.”<\/p>\n

Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that Alice Huang was currently residing in Beijing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tan Yong Pong, Megaspeed’s CEO, wrote in a statement on Thursday that the company “welcomes appropriate government scrutiny” and that it has “cooperated” with US government inspections.<\/p>\n

Tan wrote that Megaspeed, which buys and then rents out access to Nvidia chips, would conduct a \u201ccomprehensive census\u201d of its graphics processing units and independently verify its export-control practices. It did not name the law firm it has hired or provide a timeline.<\/p>\n

Megaspeed is under a US criminal inquiry for allegedly smuggling chips into China in breach of US export controls, the New York Times reported. The company has denied chip diversion.<\/p>\n

Tan said the company had cooperated with inspections by the US Commerce Department\u2019s Bureau of Industry and Security.<\/p>\n

\u201cMegaspeed welcomes appropriate government scrutiny,\u201d Tan said in the statement. He said the company wanted to demonstrate its compliance through \u201cconcrete actions.\u201d
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