Malaysia will have to contend with the possibility of further scrutiny from the US government, and it’s all thanks to the affair scandal involving NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. This is due to the country’s reputation as a trusted semiconductor and technology hub, with the potential of making access to advanced AI chips more costly and time-consuming as a whole.

The comment was made by Imran Nurginias from Business Times. The country, however, has been dragged into the drama surrounding Huang’s relationship with the alleged Chinese spy, Alice Huang. And no, there is no relation between the two, despite both of them sharing the same name.