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

and Star headlined news of four suspects, including a lawyer, who were charged with the murder of cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and several others.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian

and Sinar Harian also front-paged news of the four suspects being charged with the murder of Sosilawati and several others.

Nanyang Siang Pau

reported that the implementation of GST has been postponed again to allow the government to collect views from the public.

Sin Chew Daily reported that lawyer N Patmanabhan and three farm workers were charged with the murder of Sosilawati and three others, while Patmanabhan’s brother was released.

Oriental Daily News front-paged that the Kelantan sultan has revoked the datukship of controversial Pasir Mas MP and Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali.

China Press featured the unexpected death of a woman while giving birth after she was given two injections, a pain-killler and an anti-vomiting agent, in a private hospital in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan.

Editorial

New Straits Times

warned that we have to take responsibility for uncontrolled logging which had caused the great Sarawak logjams that clogged several major rivers, rendering them unnavigable.

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian praised the recently-announced Rural Development Master Plan as proof positive of the government’s sincere commitment towards developing rural areas.

Sin Chew Daily opined that the world's largest technology company, Hewlett-Packard (HP), which recently launched its multi-purpose global centre in Cyberjaya, will help to enhance the development of high-tech products in the country.

Nanyang Siang Pau commended the retraction of Ibrahim Ali’s datukship, saying that it showed a positive message of rejecting extreme racism.