PULAU MELAKA SITE GAZETTED

 

Melaka

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Melaka gazettes Pulau Melaka site after discovery of 1,200-year-old shipwreck predating Parameswara

    

Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh and National Heritage Department director-general Mohamad Muda Bahadin inspect porcelain and old coins discovered on Pulau Melaka. — Bernama pic

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Friday, 07 Nov 2025 9:23 AM MYT

MELAKA, Nov 7 — The Melaka government has gazetted the area where wooden fragments believed to be part of a ship’s hull, estimated to be over 1,200 years old, were discovered on Pulau Melaka, as a restricted zone to facilitate excavation works by the National Heritage Department (JWN).