Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has defended two of its academics against claims they had misrepresented Malay maritime history by purportedly using an incorrect photo of a vessel in their research paper.

This comes after Rozita Che Rodi and Hashim Musa were criticised for their article titled “The Jongs and The Galleys: Traditional Ships of The Past Malay Maritime Civilization” published in the International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol.13, Issue 11, 2023.

French historian Serge Jardin claimed that the photo...