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 headlined that Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim’s position will be decided by Pakatan Rakyat collectively, not by PKR alone.

Star

front-paged that illegal bookies are raking in millions of ringgit in bets now that the World Cup is in the knockout stages.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia focused on the pressure piled on Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.

Berita Harian headlined that non-Malays are actively registering as voters after the 2008 political tsunami.

Sinar Harian reported PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim as saying there is no intention to topple Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim.

Chinese Newspapers

According to Nanyang Siang Pau , Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak told Channel News Asia in an interview that he never promised to stop the bumiputera affirmative policy when introducing the New Economic Model in March this year.

He clarified that what he promised is a new method to help the Malays and bumiputeras.

Sin Chew Daily

reported that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is expected to pay lower interest this year at around 5 percent to 5.25 percent.

Oriental Daily

reported that Berjaya Corp Bhd chairman Vincent Tan has accused illegal operators of spending hundreds of millions of ringgit to stop the plan to legalise sports betting.

Editorial

New Straits Times discussed the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Toronto.

Berita Harian highlighted the worrying state of Malay politics as the number of registered non-Malay voters is on the rise as compared with Malay voters.

Utusan Malaysia

focused on the importance of sportsmanship for the development of the country. 

Sin Chew Daily described the recent G20 statement as nothing new as it didn’t specify a target to revive the world economy. It also reflected the differences between the countries on the revival plan.

Nanyang Siang Pau said the recent ploy against Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim is related to the fight over political resources. Hence, the newspaper urged the government to provide administrative and research allocations to all the elected representatives and regulate political funding.