Western Digital to cease operations in Sarawak, 1,500 to be laid-off


KUCHING:American hard-disk manufacturer Western Digital will lay off all its 1,500 employees and cease its Sarawak operations at Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone here by March, next year.

Formerly known as Komag Sarawak, Western Digital has become the first casualty of the hi-tech firms operating in the state as US goes into economic recession.

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