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 led with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s call for all in Umno to work together as a team.

New Straits Times headlined MIC president S Samy Vellu’s ‘defiant’ claim that no one will be able to destroy him or the party.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia front-paged news that Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan has ordered an investigation into claims that PKR is funding fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

Berita Harian led with news that the government spends on average RM85, 000 per year in subsidies for each tertiary student.  

Sinar Harian headlined Najib’s call for teamwork in Umno, and for members to avoid being prima donnas .

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News front-paged the Federation of Chinese Associations Malaysia (FeCAM) urging the Chinese community to pay attention to the development of Chinese secondary schools.

Sin Chew Daily headlined the dispute at a Chinese primary school in Taiping between the board of director and sponsors over whether to become a ‘ sekolah bantuan penuh ’ (fully-aided school).

China Press headlined a single father in northern Perak who was forced to send his five children to an orphanage due to poverty.

Nanyang Siang Pau headlined that some Ah Longs (loansharks) have been masquerading as pawnshops to deceive the public.

Editorial

New Straits Times expresses relief that the upcoming elections in Thailand would mean that public contentions against the government will be acted upon through party politics and not through bloody street protests.

Utusan urges Umno Youth to work on countering the baseless allegations made by PKR organ Suara Keadilan that the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) is mismanaged, as it belittles the settlers.

Berita Harian

opines that the appointment of two women as judges in the Syariah Court last week proves that the court does not discriminate according to gender.  

 

Nanyang Siang Pau urged the government to help traditional farmers and not to repeat an incident in Cameron Highlands where the authorities forcefully destroyed illegal farms.

China Press called on Chinese community to voice their opinions on the possible abolishment of the UPSR and PMR exams.

Sin Chew Daily claimed that the Chinese community hopes to see the birth of fair policies through the government transformation plan.