Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

FRONT PAGE

English newspapers

New Straits Times

reported that the ‘Train and Place’ programme that was meant for retrenched workers to be retrained, has been receiving cold shoulders from workers out of jobs.

Star front-paged that the authorities would be watching out for Malaysian students returning home for their summer breaks in their effort to contain the spread of the A(H1N1) virus.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia

headlined that 'Mat Rempits', now relabelled as road thugs, would be facing mandatory imprisonment.

Berita Harian reported that a security van was robbed of RM8.24 million in five minutes.

Tamil newspapers

All Tamil newspapers ( Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai ) led with the photo showing the dead body of LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabakaran.

EDITORIAL

New Straits Times opined the absence of BN in the Penanti by-election is good as the party would be able to concentrate on the issue of governance.

Utusan Malaysia

urged the government to take severe action against Hindraf. This is following leader P Waythamoorthy's call to revoke the ISA order on his recently released brother, P Uthayakumar.

Berita Harian

praised BN's decision in not contesting the Penanti by-election.

Tamil Nesan

urged all to be cautious over rampant drug smuggling.