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

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English newspapers

Both New Straits Time s and Star front-paged the no-holds-barred verbal attack that former PKR Federal Territories chairperson Zaid Ibrahim launched against de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and vice-president Azmin Ali.

Star also highlighted the revocation of licences from two bus companies after their vehicles were involved in two fatal accidents last month.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia , Berita Harian and Sinar Harian led with Zaid’s call for Anwar and Azmin to step down.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily and Oriental Daily News also gave prominence to Zaid’s call.

China Press led with a report on a businessman who has been jailed for four years for trafficking RM20 million worth of soft drugs.

Nanyang Siang Pau front-paged the 1Malaysia Development Bhd pledge to turn Kuala Lumpur’s Sungai Besi airbase into ‘Bandar Malaysia’.

Editorial

New Straits Times

hit out at civil servants who whose service and professionalism have been tainted by their racist remarks while on duty.

Berita Harian

opined that BN should capitalise on the ‘crisis’ in PKR to secure a better margin of victory in the next general election.

Sin Chew Daily urged cooperative societies to be cautious when they venture into the stock market or when their diversify their business.

Nanyang Siang Pau commented that Zaid’s decision to pull out of the PKR polls and to quit his party posts is a reflection of the difficulty in achieving a democratic dual-party system.

China Press praised MCA’s announcement that the government has decided that certain housing projects must allocated five acres of land for a Chinese primary school.