KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 7 -- After producing more than four million vehicles for the past 40 years, Proton has officially ended its vehicle assembly operation in Shah Alam.

All locally produced Proton vehicles, including Saga, Persona, X50, X70, and S70, are now being assembled in the national automaker's manufacturing complex at the Automotive High Tech Valley (AHTV) in Tanjung Malim, Perak.

According to Proton, the Shah Alam plant rolled out its final vehicle - a Saga - on September 30. Following that, the final 1,400 manufacturing staff from the Shah Alam plant have since moved to Tanjung Malim.

The closure of Shah Alam's plant didn't happen overnight, though. In general, the plan to fully transfer Proton's manufacturing activities to Ta...