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

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English newspapers

Both Star and New Straits Times headlined the Attorney General statement that the arrests of Port Klang Authority general manager OC Phang, Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd CEO Steven Abok and consultant and architect Bernard Tan Seng Swee over the PKFZ scandal was just the tip of the iceberg.

Malay newspapers

Both Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia also led with the arrests of the PKFZ trio for criminal breach of trust.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan also headlined OC Phang and the two others being slapped with charges of CBT over the PKFZ fiasco.

Makkal Osai front-paged a Malaysian Insider article that speculated MIC president S Samy Vellu's son, Vel Paari, as the most likely candidate to helm the party.

Malaysia Nanban headlined Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam saying he'll quit if the PM tells him to do so. He said this in response to calls for his resignation over the capping of SPM subjects.

Editorial

New Straits Times said that while incompetence cost the government an extra RM1.14 billion in the Rawang-Ipoh double-tracking rail project, it is more damaging than outright corruption.

Berita Harian urged Malaysian entrepreneurs to have the courage to explore overseas markets, as foreign companies are still reeling from the global economic crisis.

Tamil Nesan touched on the poor treatment of prisoners serving out their sentences.

Makkal Osai lamented the shortcomings in the National Civics Bureau (BTN) programme.

Malaysia Nanban wanted SPM subjects to be capped at 12 instead of 10.