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A historian has urged Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to investigate a paper on Malay maritime history written by two of its academics, who have been accused of misrepresenting some facts. This comes after Museum Bahari in Jakarta officially denied that the model is a Malay junk, which the two researchers said is displayed at its museum as part of its catalogue.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/694723
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A historian has urged Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to investigate a paper on Malay maritime history written by two of its academics, who have been accused of misrepresenting some facts.
This comes after Museum Bahari in Jakarta officially denied that the model is a Malay junk, which the two researchers said is displayed at its museum as part of its catalogue.
Ranjit Singh Malhi said the academics’ integrity has been “seriously questioned” following the rebuttal.
According to Ranjit, this was especially after one of the researchers claimed that she had visited Museum Bahari personally and saw the model being exhibited there.
“Rozita Che Rodi, in a Facebook post, claims she had ‘visited the museum personally and saw the model exhibited’.
“On the contrary, Museum Bahari’s authorities have now confirmed that the junk in question is not part of its catalogue and that it resembles a Chinese junk.
“Hence, Rozita’s academic integrity, which is the soul of academia, has been seriously questioned.
“Accordingly, UPM authorities have no choice but to immediately launch an investigation to ascertain the truth which is most necessary to uphold its reputation,” he said.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/694723
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HOW LOW CAN ACADEMIA GO!
Shame, shame, shame, shame!
Reading Rozita Che Rodi (UPM) and Hashim Musa (UPM) ‘The Jongs and The Galleys: Traditional Ships of The Past Malay Maritime Civilization’ in International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol.13, Issue 11, 2023.
https://www.researchgate.net/…/376146846_The_Jongs_and…
Of Jongs.
1/ the photo does not show a Malay Jong but a Foochow Pole Junk from China (photo 1).
2/ the model is not in the Maritime Museum of Jakarta but in the Royal Museums of Greenwich, England (ID: AAE0200). In a museum all exhibits have an Identification Number (photo 2).
https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-7064
And Galleys.
3/ In the Malay Concordance Project, galley is not mentioned twice in the Sejarah Melayu (ed. A. Samad Ahmad), but six times! All in connection with the arrival of the Portuguese in Melaka (confirmed by the Portuguese sources), never in the “Malacca armada”. Galley was never used by local mariner during the Malacca Sultanate period. Most Southeast Asian Navy start adopting galley in their fleet after the advent of Portuguese-Ottoman to SEA. The galley, Mendam Berahi, of Hikayat Hang Tuah (seventeenth century) is an anachronism.
4/ International Journal of Academic Research… where is the peer-review?
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