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[UPDATED]: Customs foils bid to transit RM49.5mil AI chips through Malaysia, with potential weapons applications

SEPANG: The Customs Department has foiled an attempt to use Malaysia as a transit point to smuggle advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips worth RM49.5 million to another Asian country.

[UPDATED]: Customs foils bid to transit RM49.5mil AI chips through Malaysia, with potential weapons applications

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