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

Headlines

English newspapers

New Straits Times highlighted the prolonged oppressive hot weather that has partly contributed to climate change in some parts of the country, causing water levels at dams to fall.

Star frontpaged the Klang municipal council requesting the national-level Chinese New Year celebration organisers to hold the celebration at Pandamaran sports complex instead of Jalan Chan Ah Choo.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia headlined Court of Appeal judge justice Abu Samah Nordin, who led a three-man panel dismissing Anwar Ibrahim's appeal to strike out his sodomy case. The judge ruled that it was a unanimous decision.

Berita Harian

highlighted three Muslim women who were caned for engaging in illicit sex. Home minister Hishamuudin Hussein said that they were the first women to receive such punishment under syariah law.

Tamil newspapers

All three Tamil newspapers ( Tamil Nesan , Makkal Osai and Malaysia Nanban ) led with Anwar's appeal for his charges to be dropped being rejected by a panel of judges led Abu Samah Nordin.

Editorial

News Straits Times , Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian opined that matter pertaining refugees in Malaysia should be contemplated wisely by the Human Resource Minister Dr Subramaniam KV Sathasivam as well as pointing out that sterner actions should be taken in efforts to send them back to their native countries

Makkal Osai cautioned buyers from purchasing vehicles or property via hire purchase schemes.

Malaysia Nanban questioned whether the morality of young girls has deteriorated in light of the increase in babies being abandoned.