Singapore received limited US assistance in securing Supermicro's cooperation in Alice Huang, Megaspeed probe, says MHA

SINGAPORE: On Thursday (Nov 12), Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs issued a statement about investigations into Alice Huang, whom United States authorities reportedly suspect may be a spy for Beijing and who had been in a relationship with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, and Megaspeed, the Singapore-based company where she had been a senior executive.

The MHA said that the Police and Customs began an independent investigation into several companies and their key officers, including Megaspeed, in February 2025, due to suspected domestic offences pertaining to potential false declarations in relation to the purchase of servers and other offences.

Ms Huang, who was at the time the CEO, Chairperson, and one of the key controllers of Megaspeed, was investigated as part of the probe. She was not based in Singapore, and neither was she investigated for espionage, MHA added.

Her passport was impounded that year, however, to ensure her attendance at the investigations.

By February of this year, authorities in Singapore concluded that there was not enough evidence to establish that Ms Huang committed any offences related to the possible inaccurate declarations which Megaspeed was being investigated for, but the Police “assessed that Huang had provided information which she knew to be inaccurate to SPF in the course of investigations, to downplay her role in Megaspeed.”

Ms Huang was given a stern warning and barred from re-entering the city-state. She left Singapore after she was given her passport back on February 26, 2026.

However, official investigations into Megaspeed and six other individuals are ongoing, MHA said, adding that none of the persons has been in Singapore since the beginning of investigations in February 2025.

Request for assistance from US authorities

In the statement, the MHA also mentioned its dealings wth US authorities.

Ms Huang was present on June 24, 2025, when the US Bureau of Industry and Security conducted a voluntary Post-Shipment Verification check at Megaspeed. It was the first time that Singapore learned that the US was looking into Megaspeed and Ms Huang.

Singapore's police were investigating whether the servers purchased by companies under investigation, which had been exported through Singapore to Malaysia without entering the local market, were subsequently routed from Malaysia to another destination, contrary to declarations made in Singapore.

The police needed to establish the facts not only based on declarations made by the companies in Singapore but also through information from other jurisdictions, seeking information from the US, among others, as part of its independent investigations.

“In particular, the SPF sought information relating to Supermicro, a US-based supplier of servers, which was relevant to the SPF’s investigations. However, Supermicro provided limited cooperation,” MHA wrote.

The police and the Attorney-General’s Chambers then raised the matter on July 7, 2025, with the US authorities, requesting their assistance in securing  Supermicro’s cooperation.

This request was repeated several times since September 2025 to the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“Despite these repeated requests, Singapore has to date received limited information or assistance in respect of the company,” the statement reads.

MHA added that Singapore is “committed to upholding our reputation as a trusted and reliable business hub. We will not allow companies or individuals to misuse Singapore's business environment to engage in fraud or dishonest practices.” /TISG 

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