According to Bernama Official on February 7, Malaysia firmly rejected allegations that it was used to smuggle restricted NVIDIA AI chips to China, while highlighting its commitment to international export control regulations.
“We adhere to the export control regulations under the Strategic Trade Act, which governs the export, transit and transshipment of strategic commodities including semiconductors,” said Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry.
“Malaysia’s policies are consistent with the controls implemented by the United States (US), the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom,” he added. According to Bernama, illegal activities.
The comment is because the United States has considered new export restrictions on advanced AI chips that will classify the country as a layer with different levels of access. Under the proposed regulations, Malaysia will reportedly fall into the second layer, thus limiting access to cutting-edge AI chips it uses in data centers and AI model training. U.S. concerns after China’s DeepSeek’s recent AI breakthrough.
To strengthen oversight, Zafrul said his administration is strengthening international cooperation to monitor sensitive technologies such as Nvidia’s H100 and A100 chips used in high-performance AI applications.
Neighboring Singapore also steadily rejected the proposal earlier this week, which is DeepSeek’s access to restricted U.S. semiconductors due to concerns between two U.S. lawmakers about potential evasion of export controls.
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