Malaysiakin i 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 frontpaged the RM1. 3 billion suit against broadcaster Maesat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd by television support equipment provider AV Asia Sdn Bhd for alleged breach of a confidential agreement.

Star headlined the legal wrangle between Lotus Racing Formula One Team headed by Air Asia head Tony Fernandes and car-maker Group Lotus owner Proton Holdings Bhd, over who owns the rights to the ‘Lotus’ name.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia reported  that a Christian pastor is being investigated for allegedly delivering a speech insulting Islam at a church in Kuching.

Berita Harian featured premier Najib Abdul Razak’s invitation to foreign investors to take part in Malaysia’s economic transformation.

        

Sinar Harian highlighted that more evidence has been unearthed at a farm, believed to be the site of the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and several others.

    

Chinese newspapers

According to Oriental Daily News , MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek maintains that the party did nothing wrong in taking over Nanyang Press Holdings Bhd nine years ago, and refused to apologise for this.

Nanyang Siang Pau frontpaged the suit against the Astro provider.

Sin Chew Daily reported that the police have arrested 10 employees or ex-employees of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport cargo centre and recovered most of the RM4 million worth of hard disks that were reported lost.

Editorial

New Straits Times and Utusan Malaysia both hailed Najib’s call for the moderates of the world to reclaim the initiative from extremists, as being spot on and timely.

Berita Harian

believed that the 1Malaysia framework can be used to foster global unity.

Sin Chew Daily

said the legal profession should raise its standards, following media reports that lawyers are being investigated for breach of trust, fraud and forgery in relation to cases they have accepted.

Nanyang Siang Pau

said racist statements by senior officers have impaired public confidence, and urged the government to tighten discipline in the civil service.