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

HEADLINES

English Newspapers

New Straits Times headlined Solicitor General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden stating that the prosecution team has a strong case against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in the latter’s sodomy trial.

Star led with prosecution witness, Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan claiming that Anwar Ibrahim proposed to have sex with him.

Malay Newspapers

Utusan Malaysia

headlined Saiful saying that he quit his job as a party aide as he could not stand being sodomised by Anwar Ibrahim.

Berita Harian

also led with Saiful stating that Anwar was angry when he declined the latter’s proposal to have sex.

Chinese Newspapers

Most of the Chinese Dailies headlined Anwar’s Sodomy II trial, which started yesterday.

Nanyang Siang Pau led with Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein's assurance that police will investigate Nasir Safar, the special aide to Prime Minister, under the Sedition Act over alleged racist remarks made during a seminar.

Tamil Newspapers

Tamil Nesan front paged former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad saying that citizenship status of the non-Malays must not be questioned, speaking in reaction to racist remarks by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s aide, Nasir Safar.

Makkal Osai also led with Yusof Zainal Abiden’s statement on the Anwar’s sodomy trial.

Malaysia Nanban gave prominence to 12 police reports lodged against Nasir Safar nationwide.

EDITORIAL

New Straits Times questioned how secure the latest version of Malaysian passports are going to be. The new versions are compliant to the International Civil Aviation Organisation standards.

Utusan Malaysia wants all the concerned parties to follow Anwar Ibrahim’s trial calmly.

Berita Harian said that the police force would stop and talk with the public to reduce road accidents as Ops Sikap program would start in conjunction with the Chinese New Year holidays.

Tamil Nesan also said that the police would begin the Ops Sikap program.

In conjunction with World Cancer Day today, Makkal Osai wants public to be more health conscious.

Malaysia Nanban

questioned why Nasir Safar is going against the 1Malaysia spirit.    

Sin Chew Daily hailed the debate between Deputy Minister of Education Wee Ka Siong and professor Khoo Kay Kim will help to solve the misunderstandings.