Malaysian Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said Tuesday the country will take “necessary action” against Malaysian companies if they’re implicated in a fraud case involving Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) chips allegedly routed from Singapore.
What Happened: “Right now, there’s no such cases in Malaysia to date, and we are investigating,” Zafrul told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia,” adding that Malaysia has no information suggesting data center companies there are misusing chips.
The statement follows Singapore Law Minister K Shanmugam‘s Monday comments that servers in a fraud case may have contained Nvidia AI chips sent to Malaysia.
“The question is whether Malaysia was a …