More research needed on new date of Malacca Sultanate

MALACCA: The state government has expressed interest in the findings of a Universiti Sains Malaysia academic that the Malay Sultanate here existed 140 years before Parameswara's reign in 1402.

However, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the findings of Assoc Prof Abdul Rahman Ismail needed to be examined further before history could be rewritten.