Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and the Star both led with news of the bridge tragedy in Kampar, where one student had drowned while two are still missing after a bridge collapsed while a group of 22 schoolchildren were crossing Sungai Kampar during a camping trip on Monday night.

New Straits Times also reported that MCA president Ong Tee Keat was under fire as his deputy president, youth and wanita chiefs demanded a central committee meeting to discuss his peace plan.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian both headlined the bridge incident in Kampar.

Utusan also headlined MCA deputy president Liow Tiong Lai's call to his president Ong to honour the decision taken at the party EGM on Oct 10.

Tamil newspapers

All three Tamil dailies - Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai - reported on the bridge tragedy in Kampar which killed one pupil and two still missing.

Malaysia Nanban also had a story on Malaysian Indian United Party president KS Nalla hitting out at his former party PKR.

Editorial

New Straits Times said that both cases of violence involving domestic workers which occurred on Friday (where one worker died of abuse while another beat up her employers' children before fleeing with their belongings) should be met with equal outrage locally and in Indonesia. Examples should be made of both the cases.

Berita Harian said that Islamic legal institutions should be strengthened and not trivialised by those who are misusing the image of Islam for their own agendas. Therefore the government is urged to form a special body for the purpose of taking action against such parties, who are confusing Muslims and the society with ideologies that go against Islamic teachings.

Makkal Osai commented on the need for local farmers to introduce innovative methods to increase production.

Tamil Nesan said that the safety of students was of utmost importance when they are taken for outdoor activities by the authorities. The daily was referring to the bridge tragedy in Kampar which killed a student.

Malaysia Nanban questioned the decision of Tourism Malaysia in leaving out tourism materials in Tamil.