Huang Jen-Hsun's affair scandal spreads, Malaysia investigates the scandal woman's former employer's subsidiary

The extramarital affair of NVIDIA founder Jen-Hsun Huang is spreading. Malaysia said today that it is investigating Speedmatrix, a subsidiary of Megaspeed International, to find out whether it involves the transfer of advanced AI chips to other countries.

According to reports from Agence France-Presse and Reuters, Jen-Hsun Huang has been having extramarital affairs. US media reports have pointed out that one of the targets is Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy and a former director of Singapore data center operator Megaspeed.

Megaspeed is under strict scrutiny for allegedly circumventing U.S. export control regulations and transferring Huida AI chips to China.

The Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI, referred to as the Ministry of Trade and Industry) stated that Megaspeed’s local subsidiary Speedmatrix is ​​a Malaysian data center lessee and can transport AI chips into Malaysia without obtaining a permit or license.

But since July last year, any industry that wants to "export, re-export, transship or transit U.S. high-performance AI chips from Malaysia" must obtain a license.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement that providing false information about such items to customs authorities would constitute a "serious illegal act." "Therefore, the Ministry of Trade and Industry is cooperating with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department to confirm whether the chips shipped into Malaysia have been re-exported to other countries, and whether the relevant re-export activities are handled in accordance with the law."

The Department of Trade and Industry said Speedmatrix "has never been ruled out as being involved in any wrongdoing".

The Ministry of Trade and Industry said it was also working "closely" with the relevant authorities in Singapore and the United States and "considering further measures to strengthen controls where necessary."

Neighboring Singapore is also investigating Megaspeed. Relevant Singaporean authorities stated that servers equipped with these chips were exported to Malaysia via Singapore, but it is suspected that they were actually shipped to other destinations, which is inconsistent with what the industry declared in Singapore.

Huida's extramarital affair scandal raised national security concerns and put the AI ​​industry in an unprecedented situation. The company's market value has evaporated by nearly US$500 billion as a result.

Singapore said yesterday it would ban Huang Le from re-entering the country in February this year because she provided investigators with false information about her employment at Megaspeed, but authorities were not investigating her for espionage.