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 highlighted some of the creative programmes that helped 20 schools to secure their high-performance status.

Star front paged PKR parliamentarian Zulkifli Nordin’s defiance, despite being imposed a gag order by the party’s political  bureau.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian led with a Kelantan senior government official who was detained by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for complicity in false claims on the castle project and state government.

Utusan Malaysia frontpaged that Zulkifli Noordin, who lodged a police report on Khalid Abdul Samad, is ready to face any decision made by PKR.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily and China Press headlined that a blogger had been remanded for allegedly making insulting remarks over the passing of the late Sultan of Johor.

Nanyang Siang Pau highlighted that the MACC has warned two politicians not to reveal the contents of the complaints they had lodged to the media.

Oriental Daily News highlighted that Anwar had warned Selangor State Assembly members to take precautions against a coup d'etat.

Tamil newspapers

All Tamil newspapers - Tamil Nesan , Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai - front paged the MACC raid on  the Maju Institute of Education Development yesterday and on Jan 25 over allegations of fraud amounting to RM4 million.

Editorial

New Straits Times dismissed suggestions that the schools with high-performance status would foster elitism, and urged other schools to emulate them.

Berita Harian commented on Najib’s statement that in 2010, the country should move forward and change for the better in management and administration.

Utusan Malaysia advised readers to write blogs wisely, as freedom of speech and of voicing opinions should not be misused.

Tamil Nesan said the roads are not racing tracks for drivers.

Malaysia Nanban opined that increasing number of deaths due to accidents would reduce the nation's human resources.

Nanyang Siang Pau urged both federal and state governments to value the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools' contributions.

China Press considered whether the Education Ministry’s selection of 20 high-performance schools is unfair to other schools.

Sin Chew Daily urged our country to take an open global strategy in the ongoing efforts to increase the country's competitiveness.