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

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English newspapers

Star highlighted allegations against Pakatan Rakyat’s Hulu Selangor by-election candidate, Zaid Ibrahim who allegedly consumes alcohol and supports gambling.

New Straits Times headlined Pakatan’s purported need for a ‘rebranding strategy’ due to the alleged ‘perception problems’ surrounding Zaid.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia also highlighted Zaid’s alleged lifestyle, and a pledge by two bloggers to prove that he drinks alcohol.

Berita Harian frontpaged Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement that BN does not oppress the people and such allegations are an opposition ploy.

Editorial

New Straits Times

opined that local cataclyms can have a global effect in reference to the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland that has grounded European flights and stressed the importance of alternative sea- and land-based transport.

Utusan Malaysia

urged the public to respect the sanctity of mosques and not use it as a platform to further political aims.

Berita Harian expressed support for the Home Ministry’s plan to introduce a biometric system to regulate the influx of foreigners and illegal immigrants and called for a database of deported illegal immigrants to be set up.