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

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English newspapers

New Straits Times reported that a snatch theft suspect, who caused the death of a pregnant woman, has been charged in court

Star led with Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission probing into the controversies surrounding the RM4.6 billion project to build Port Klang Free Zone.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia headlined Health Ministry officials are cautioning Malaysians over a second wave of A(H1N1) flu even though the country has been declared free from the disease.

Berita Harian reported that 98 people have perished after an Indonesian air force's plane crashed in East Java.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan questioned whether Liberation of Tamil Tigers (LTTE) leader, Velupillai Prabakaran's family members had also been killed by government forces in Sri Lanka.

Malaysia Nanban highlighted 22 points that raises doubts over the killing of the LTTE leader.

Makkal Osai

also headlined doubts over the purported slaying of the LTTE leader.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News frontpaged that the newly elected Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) president Tan Yew Sing will run for the president post for the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia.

Nanyang Siang Pau

headlined 29 national service trainees in Semenyih camp are down with flu, with 24 trainees being quarantined and another five hospitalised.

China Press frontpaged Nizar meeting with Raja Muda Perak Nazrin Shah on May 19 to request the dissolution of the Perak assembly to make way for a snap election. He claimed that Nazrin is open to cooperation.

Sin Chew Daily

headlined home minister Hishammuddin Hussein claimed that the government will consider relaxing assembly restriction for political parties and non-governmental organisations.

Editorial

Commenting on the lack of participation of retrenched workers in the government-sponsored 'Train and Place' programme, New Straits Times urged affected workers to gain new skills, adding that the workers would be able to secure jobs if they were not choosy.

Utusan Malaysia supported suggestions to impose mandatory imprisonment as a sentence to stop road thugs.

Berita Harian also commented on road thugs, stating that only harsh punishments would bring an end to the problem.

Tamil Nesan called for transparency in the selection of Public Services Department's scholarship recipients.

Malaysia Nanban stated that Tamilians worldwide are proud of the LTTE leader.

Makkal Osai dubbed Aung San Suu Kyi as a diamond of democracy in Myanmar.

Oriental Daily News suggested that the government solves traffic congestion problem around Kuala Lumpur's Pudu bus station by moving it to Tasik Selatan.

Sin Chew Daily called on the government to enhance the performance of civil service.

China Press urged government and the public not to relax the prevention of A(H1N1) flu, though Malaysia is free from it.

Nanyang Siang Pau

welcomes the end of the Sri Lanka's civil war between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels.