Malaysia seizes $12.1 million worth of AI chips at Kuala Lumpur airport

Malaysian customs seized advanced AI chips worth 49.5 million ringgit ($12.11 million) in Kuala Lumpur International Airport's free trade zone. Thirty servers were falsely declared as electronic components and were being transshipped through Malaysia without a trade permit.

• Seizure worth 49.5 million ringgit ($12.11 million) made on October 15
• 30 servers with advanced AI chips were transshipped via Malaysia
• Shipment was falsely declared as electronic components
• At least five cases linked to the syndicate, over 100 million ringgit total