Charles Santiago retweeted
So-called business journalists in Malaysia are hopelessly ignorant or simply lazy.
NST-Business Times probably has a worthy angle when it touched on the tighter scrutiny expected on Malaysia as Nvidia scandal spills over.
But their interview candidates are bankers honing the B Securities, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd... the 'usual suspects' dispensing viewpoints as if they are true-blood AI industry practitioners.
nst.com.my/business/econo…
The Nvidia controversy is this:
The intimate relationship between Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, who is alleged to be a China's spy trying to get advanced AI technology from the US.
nytimes.com/2026/11/08/tec…
Alice was alleged to have founded Singapore-based Megaspeed International Pte Ltd, which had been investigated by authorities in the US and Singapore over suspected breaches of US export controls over advanced AI chips to China.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/tec…
The FBI is currently intensifying probe on Nvidia after failed attempts by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice since 2023.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/…
The issue has since drawn attention back to Malaysia following reports linking Megaspeed's Malaysian subsidiary, Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd, to the supply chain.
If NST-Business Times journalists had bothered to do their homework well, they should have researched their Reuters archive for a story the global agency ran as early as as on December 8, 2023.
2023 was about the same time New York Times, Financial Times and WSJ mentioned as the starting point of the honey-trap that both Huang's fell into.
Why December 8? Read the Reuters headlines:
'Nvidia to partner Malaysia's YTL Power in $4.3 bln AI development project'
Byline: Journalists Rozanna Latiff (Reuters' Malaysia and Brunei bureau chief) and Fanny Potkin.
The story's opener is traced to what YTL Power International said in a statement on the same day.
reuters.com/technology/nvi…
The announcement confirmed the Nvidia-YTL project would be hosted at YTL's data centre park in Kulai, Johor.
PM Anwar Ibrahim was so elated that he posted on X (this same social media platform formerly known as Twitter), that the collaboration between Nvidia and YTL will involve an investment worth RM20 billion (US$4.29 billion).
That's after Anwar having a meeting with Jensen Huang and YTL Power managing director Yeoh Seok Hong in Putrajaya.
If the Nvidia scandal were to affect the import of AI-related chips, GPU and accelerators into Malaysia, the one most directly affected will be YTL Power.
YTL Power's AI project is skewed towards Nvidia, and its systemic updates and upgrades would require hardware way more advanced than the H100 and H200 versions... and with that comes more monetary investments in US$.
YTL can't afford to fail or change course midway. Their views are important and relevant to Malaysia's AI infrastructural growth.
What's the point of gearing up a 2025 start-up like SNS Network Technology Bhd that NST-Business Times chose to talk to... and quote lavishly?
Showlah some respect to Malaysia's Nvidia taiko-partner.
Get YTL Power for valuable perspectives though they may be less successful in 5G outing via Yes!
LASTLY... while tracing the Alice Huang's whereabout, don't forget to dig up on her operative vehicles in Malaysia - Megaspeed and Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd - both are in Johor.
Don't ever let the foreign press get the scoop again on all things so nasi lemak!
And here's the latest from Reuters, again:
'Nvidia faces deepening scrutiny over China chip ties, CEO affair'
reuters.com/world/china/nv…
@FreeMsian
NST-Business Times probably has a worthy angle when it touched on the tighter scrutiny expected on Malaysia as Nvidia scandal spills over.
But their interview candidates are bankers honing the B Securities, Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd... the 'usual suspects' dispensing viewpoints as if they are true-blood AI industry practitioners.
nst.com.my/business/econo…
The Nvidia controversy is this:
The intimate relationship between Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, who is alleged to be a China's spy trying to get advanced AI technology from the US.
nytimes.com/2026/11/08/tec…
Alice was alleged to have founded Singapore-based Megaspeed International Pte Ltd, which had been investigated by authorities in the US and Singapore over suspected breaches of US export controls over advanced AI chips to China.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/tec…
The FBI is currently intensifying probe on Nvidia after failed attempts by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice since 2023.
nytimes.com/2026/11/10/us/…
The issue has since drawn attention back to Malaysia following reports linking Megaspeed's Malaysian subsidiary, Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd, to the supply chain.
If NST-Business Times journalists had bothered to do their homework well, they should have researched their Reuters archive for a story the global agency ran as early as as on December 8, 2023.
2023 was about the same time New York Times, Financial Times and WSJ mentioned as the starting point of the honey-trap that both Huang's fell into.
Why December 8? Read the Reuters headlines:
'Nvidia to partner Malaysia's YTL Power in $4.3 bln AI development project'
Byline: Journalists Rozanna Latiff (Reuters' Malaysia and Brunei bureau chief) and Fanny Potkin.
The story's opener is traced to what YTL Power International said in a statement on the same day.
reuters.com/technology/nvi…
The announcement confirmed the Nvidia-YTL project would be hosted at YTL's data centre park in Kulai, Johor.
PM Anwar Ibrahim was so elated that he posted on X (this same social media platform formerly known as Twitter), that the collaboration between Nvidia and YTL will involve an investment worth RM20 billion (US$4.29 billion).
That's after Anwar having a meeting with Jensen Huang and YTL Power managing director Yeoh Seok Hong in Putrajaya.
If the Nvidia scandal were to affect the import of AI-related chips, GPU and accelerators into Malaysia, the one most directly affected will be YTL Power.
YTL Power's AI project is skewed towards Nvidia, and its systemic updates and upgrades would require hardware way more advanced than the H100 and H200 versions... and with that comes more monetary investments in US$.
YTL can't afford to fail or change course midway. Their views are important and relevant to Malaysia's AI infrastructural growth.
What's the point of gearing up a 2025 start-up like SNS Network Technology Bhd that NST-Business Times chose to talk to... and quote lavishly?
Showlah some respect to Malaysia's Nvidia taiko-partner.
Get YTL Power for valuable perspectives though they may be less successful in 5G outing via Yes!
LASTLY... while tracing the Alice Huang's whereabout, don't forget to dig up on her operative vehicles in Malaysia - Megaspeed and Speedmatrix Sdn Bhd - both are in Johor.
Don't ever let the foreign press get the scoop again on all things so nasi lemak!
And here's the latest from Reuters, again:
'Nvidia faces deepening scrutiny over China chip ties, CEO affair'
reuters.com/world/china/nv…
@FreeMsian
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At AlterCOP at Asia Business Schl I talked abt 🇲🇾 backward planning of data center ecosystem. We cannot keep expanding DCs at the expense of our H20 & energy security. Investment must X come at the cost of the people and resources that sustain us. Green DC need evidence.
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Malaysia wants to become a DC hub. But do we have the capacity 2 sustain it? Water & energy security X b afterthots. Communities shouldn't bear the costs of private investments. We are racing 2 build the infrastructure of AI. But do we have the intelligence 2 think b4 we build?
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Deepavali fireworks may light up the sky, but their deafening bursts also echo a community’s anxieties about its future.
We celebrate light over darkness, yet still fight 4 basic rights, dignity & justice. Some battles, it seems, never go out of season.
Blessed Deepavali All
We celebrate light over darkness, yet still fight 4 basic rights, dignity & justice. Some battles, it seems, never go out of season.
Blessed Deepavali All
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Three weeks before Deepavali, Parliament was told that 47,349 of the 1,302,713 people in Malaysia’s public service are Indians. That is 3.63%. Indians make up about 6.5% of the population.
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…fund upskilling pathways into public service for B60 Indian workers, and present a plan for the ministries where Indian officers are almost absent.
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For a B60 Indian family, a government job means a steady salary and a chance that the next generation does better. It is one of the few ladders of upward mobility the Government can directly provide, and that opportunity should begin this Deepavali. @anwaribrahim
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Charles Santiago retweeted
A Handshake with Criminals Is Not Diplomacy.
Shaking hands with those responsible for killing civilians, bombing schools and hospitals, and committing atrocities is not a gesture of peace. It risks legitimizing impunity.
#Myanmar #Accountability #NoToImpunity
Shaking hands with those responsible for killing civilians, bombing schools and hospitals, and committing atrocities is not a gesture of peace. It risks legitimizing impunity.
#Myanmar #Accountability #NoToImpunity
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Tsunami against @realDonaldTrump on-affordability, jobs, corruption@WH, Iraq war.
Message 4 🇲🇾: realize the reform promises or the people will flip you.
May the progressive voices of @IlhanMN @ZohranKMamdani @AbdulElSayed @jamestalarico spread to parliament 🇲🇾
Message 4 🇲🇾: realize the reform promises or the people will flip you.
May the progressive voices of @IlhanMN @ZohranKMamdani @AbdulElSayed @jamestalarico spread to parliament 🇲🇾
'This is a disaster': Angry Republicans blame Trump for shattering defeat bbc.in/3WrgdEj
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Charles Santiago retweeted
Iskandar Puteri residents reportedly weigh selling homes as data centre growth raises noise and property concerns. ebx.sh/bY5WTY
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STATEMENT: Asian Governments Must Play a Greater Role in UN Tax Negotiations
Billions of dollars that could fund schools, hospitals, social protection & climate action are being lost every year as MNCs shift profits out of the countries where they operate.
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Asian govts must work collectively to ensure that the new intl tax regime reflects their economic realities, dvlpmt priorities & the interests of their ppl, as this is a question of economic justice, sovereignty & the ability of govts to deliver essential public services.
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