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 focused on the Thai government's hope that PM Najib Abdul Razak can help to resolve the tumult in its predominantly Muslim southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani.

The Star headlined the ‘killer pipes' which was revealed to be the main cause of the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy in Ulu Kelang past year, according to the recently declassified Public Works Department's investigation papers.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia frontpaged news of the Permata Pintar Complex slated to be set up in UKM, which is part of an effort to nurture gifted teens.

Berita Harian led with news of the planned 100-storey skyscraper which Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) plans to build near Stadium Merdeka.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan led with MIC president S Samy Vellu urging everyone to let Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak solve the issue over the inclusion of mother tongue languages at SPM level.

In Makkal Osai , former MIC deputy president S Subramaniam expressed his unhappiness over the manner the Tamil language and Tamil literature subjects were ‘downgraded' at SPM level.

Malaysia Nanban reported on a protest undertaken by parents of children studying at the Glenmarie Tamil school in Shah Alam over the delay on the construction of a new school block.

Chinese newspapers

Nanyang Siang Pau quoted lawyer Gobind Singh Deo as saying that prominent Thai pathologist Pornthip Rojanasunand still believed that there was 80 percent chance of homicide in the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

Oriental Daily News led with observations by both former deputy prime minister Musa Hitam and Parliament speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia that the quality of MPs has deteriorated.

China Press headline an accident in Kota Bharu where a car smashed through a parking wall in the 3 rd floor of a shopping mall and landed on the elevator of the mall, killing two college students.

Sin Chew Daily frontpaged JPJ's decision to give 30 percent discount for those paying summonses within fifteen days.

Editorial

New Straits Times spoke of the unenviable yet necessary task that lay before the new Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson Abu Kassim Mohamed to reform the anti-graft body in the eyes of the Malaysian public.

Utusan Malaysia praised the National Heart Institute (better known by its Malay acronym of IJN) for it's recently awarded Joint Commission International (JCI) certification, exhorting the medical institution to continue in its dedication to the health of the rakyat.

Berita Harian chastised certain quarters which it said to have politicised the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide report. The daily added that the report was not to point fingers but to look for the cause of the tragedy.

Malaysia Nanban commented that mother tongue languages and literature studies must be given equal importance at SPM level.

Sin Chew Daily commented on Taiwan ruling party KMT's recent defeat in local government elections.

Nanyang Siang Pau praised the government's decision to keep its stake in heart hospital IJN.