Singapore Says It Barred Alice Huang in February After She Misled Police Over Megaspeed

The ministry said the Singapore Police Force, after consulting the Attorney-General's Chambers, found insufficient evidence that she had committed offences linked to inaccurate declarations in server purchases. Police instead gave her a "stern warning" and banned her from re-entering, which the ministry said was how similar cases had been handled before. Her passport, which had been impounded during the inquiry, was returned on 26 February 2026, and she left Singapore that day.

This is the first detailed account any government has given of Alice Huang's dealings with investigators, and it narrows what Singapore was looking at. She "was not based in Singapore, and was not investigated for espionage," the ministry said. US intelligence officials reportedly believe she works for China's Ministry of State Security. That allegation, together with Jensen Huang's admission that he had an affair with her, set off the crisis at Nvidia, whose board accepted his resignation late on Wednesday. The two are not related.

What Singapore Investigated

According to the ministry, police and Singapore Customs opened an investigation in February 2025 into several companies and their key officers, including Megaspeed International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated company. The suspected offences were possible false declarations made when buying servers. Minister K Shanmugam said in March 2025 that no other country had asked Singapore to open the investigations.

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Hong Kong resident. She was investigated because she was Megaspeed's chief executive and chairperson at the time and one of its key controllers. The ministry said the servers were bought by companies under investigation and passed through Singapore to Malaysia without entering the Singapore market. Police tried to find out whether they were later shipped somewhere else, which meant getting records held in other countries.

Singapore said it first learned that the US was interested in Megaspeed and Alice Huang on 24 June 2025. That day the US Bureau of Industry and Security carried out a voluntary post-shipment verification check at the company while she was there.

The ministry said Supermicro, the US server supplier, cooperated only to a limited extent. Police raised this with US authorities in July 2025 and, from September 2025, repeatedly asked the Department of Justice and the FBI for help, but received limited information or assistance, it said.

The investigations into Megaspeed and six other people are continuing. None of the six has been in Singapore since February 2025, the ministry said. Between February 2025 and July 2026, Singapore charged four individuals and four companies in court over server purchases. The charges include fraud by false representation, which carries up to 20 years in prison.

Pressure in Washington and Beijing

Megaspeed is an Nvidia customer that the US Commerce Department previously investigated over the possible diversion of chips to China. Bloomberg has reported that Alice Huang now lives in Beijing and that Chinese security officials know she is there. According to Semafor, Beijing has dismissed the scandal as part of a US effort to impose a technology "blockade" on China.

In Washington, Democratic senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Coons have asked Trump administration officials to preserve their records on Nvidia's exports to China and to confirm in writing by November 17 that they have done so. At Nvidia, interim chief executive Colette Kress has called a staff meeting for November 18 while the board looks for a permanent successor.