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Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said Alice Huang was barred from re-entering after giving inaccurate information to downplay her role in Megaspeed. Police found insufficient evidence she committed offences and said she was not investigated for espionage.
Singapore has barred Alice Huang from re-entering the country after an investigation into Megaspeed, the cloud computing company she once led, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Thursday.
Huang, a Hong Kong resident and former Megaspeed CEO, chairperson and key controller, was issued a stern warning. Her passport was returned on Feb 26, 2026, and she left Singapore the same day.
Police, in consultation with the Attorney-General's Chambers, concluded in February 2026 that there was insufficient evidence that Huang had committed an offence over the possibly inaccurate declarations for which Megaspeed was being investigated. MHA said Huang had provided information which she knew to be inaccurate to downplay her role in Megaspeed.
MHA said Huang was not based in Singapore and "was not investigated for espionage."
The Singapore Police Force and Singapore Customs began investigating several companies, including Megaspeed, in February 2025 over suspected offences involving potential false declarations in the purchase of servers. Physical servers had been purchased by companies under investigation and exported through Singapore to Malaysia without entering the Singapore market. Police were investigating whether the servers were subsequently routed from Malaysia to another destination, contrary to declarations made in Singapore.
On Jun 24, 2025, the US Bureau of Industry and Security conducted a voluntary post-shipment verification check at Megaspeed with Huang present. That same day, Singapore police interviewed Huang and impounded her passport under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code to secure her attendance.
Singapore sought information from the US and other destination jurisdictions, particularly relating to Supermicro, a US-based server supplier. MHA said Singapore received limited information or assistance from the US Department of Justice and the FBI despite repeated requests since September 2025.
Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive on Thursday. CFO Colette Kress will take over as interim CEO. On Nov 8, Jensen Huang admitted in an e-mail to Nvidia staff that he had been "unfaithful" to his wife, without naming Alice Huang. Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation on Nov 8, to be overseen by a committee of independent directors.
China's Foreign Ministry called the allegations unsubstantiated and described them as smears.
Megaspeed bought more than US$4.8 billion worth of Nvidia chips over two years, The New York Times reported. The company denies illegally transferring Nvidia chips to China. Megaspeed CEO and chairman Tan Yong Pong said the company takes its compliance obligations under US export control laws "extremely seriously" and had cooperated with inspections by the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.
Between February 2025 and July 2026, four individuals and four companies were charged in court, including with fraud by false representation over server purchases. The offences carry jail terms of up to 20 years each.
The case connects Singapore's domestic investigation into server export declarations with broader US scrutiny of Nvidia chip shipments and export control compliance. Singapore said its investigation was independent and not based on any request from any country or sovereign entity, while noting it does not enforce other countries' unilateral export controls but expects companies to take such regulations into account.
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