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

Front Page

English newspapers

Star led with a report that both sides of the inquest into the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock will contest the authenticity of his alleged suicide note.

New Strait Times said the attorney-general has urged those who doubt the veracity of Teoh's purported suicide note to wait for the investigating officer’s explanation.  

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia

and Berita Harian said the police have classified the death of former Permatang assemblyperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Noor and his aide as one of murder-suicide.

Sinar Harian headlined a claim that Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim's proposal to start a Kampung Baru Land Trust is not new and had been suggested by the federal government last May.

Editorial

New Straits Times opined that the arrest of Abu Bakar Bashir, 72, by Indonesian police on terrorism charges is significant as his heavy influence and radical rhetoric is cause for concern.

Utusan Malaysia reassured the public that the government is still considering a win-win solution to the saman ekor issue and always puts the people’s interests first.

Berita Harian echoed deputy premier Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement, urging students of public tertiary institutions to not be distracted by national party politics.