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

Front Page

English newspapers

New Straits Times headlined that moles in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission have been leaking details on probes against VIPs, including former Selangor and Kedah menteris besar Mohd Khir Toyo and Mahdzir Khalid, to the portal Malaysia Today .

Star front-paged news that the public is demanding an explanation on the senseless death of 12 people on board an express bus which crashed at Simpang Ampat on Sunday.

Malay newspapers

Both Sinar Harian and Utusan Malaysia reported that the bus that crashed in Simpang Ampat and killed 12 on Sunday was swerving from left to right before it hit the divider and was flung onto oncoming traffic, landing on two other vehicles.

Berita Harian also front-paged photos of the anguished families of those who died in the accident.

The daily led with news that girls under the age of 18 are now no longer allowed to work in hotels, bars, restaurants, motels and clubs unless the establishment belongs to their family.

Editorial

New Straits Times says the government should enforce stiffer penalties on the companies of express buses that are caught speeding, and raise the ceiling price for tickets so that the companies can invest in hiring better drivers and improve on maintenance.

Utusan believes that the BN government has given many chances to MCA, even though it has lost the confidence of the Chinese community. The party should therefore work hard to turn its image around.

Berita Harian opines that the BN has a strong track record of good governance compared with the opposition, hence the rakyat must continue to support BN's efforts to turn Malaysia into a first class nation.