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Singapore bars Alice Huang after server-export investigation

Published 13 November 2026

Singapore barred former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang from re-entering the country after an investigation into suspected server-purchase and export offences, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. Authorities found insufficient evidence to establish that she had committed an offence, but issued her a stern warning for giving police information she knew was inaccurate and downplaying her role at the company.

The ministry said Huang was investigated because she had been Megaspeed’s chief executive, chairperson and one of its key controllers. The probe concerned possible offences involving servers bought by companies under investigation and exported through Singapore to Malaysia without entering the local market. The ministry said the investigation did not concern espionage.

Huang’s passport was returned on February 26, 2026, and she left Singapore that day, the ministry said. She was barred from returning. Police and prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence against her over the suspected offences, while the warning addressed her statements during the investigation.

Singapore authorities began investigating Megaspeed and other companies in February 2025 over potential...

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