Utusan Malaysia wants action taken against Bersih. In its editorial, it condemned the proposed demonstration organised by Bersih 2.0 scheduled on Jul 9.

The Malay daily claimed that it will lead to chaos should supporters, for and against the demo, clash during the demonstration.

It said that every Malaysian has the right to a peaceful daily life without it being disrupted by Bersih demonstrators.

It pointed out that there has never been any illegal demonstration organised by NGOs and the opposition, that ended in peace.

"The rally organiser should remember that marching in large numbers cannot solve problems - instead it could create chaos and unrest."

Therefore the daily urged the government to act early against the election watchdog.

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English newspapers

New Straits Times frontpaged the rearrest of a Singaporean in Kuala Terengganu after he was released by the Magistrate's Court. The first arrest was related to football match-fixing, while the second was under the Money Laundering and Terror Funding Prevention Act.

Star highlighted that the Attorney-General's Chambers wants news amendments and further changes to the previous amendments of Criminal Procedure Code passed by Parliament last year.

The previous amendments which were aimed to enable faster trials will have to wait for at least another year before being enforced.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia frontpaged the challenge issued by Umno leaders and Malay NGOs to PAS, to drop the term "Islam" from the party's name.

They include Umno supreme council members Puad Zarkashi and Mohd Ali Rustam, and the president of Malaysia Malay Thinkers Association Kamarudin Kachar.

This is because PAS, in its muktamar early this month, had replaced its Islamic State agenda with one based on a welfare state, they claimed.

Berita Harian led with the new tactic by syndicate to smuggle subsidised cooking oil by hiring foreign workers to purchase cooking oil from groceries and super markets.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily News highlighted that Chinese education group United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong) had passed a new amendment to its constitution to limit its president's tenure to two terms or eight years.

Both Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Daily led with the government's refusal to compromise with the trawlers' demand to restore the super subsidy for diesel. The government will import seafood to stabilise the domestic market affected by the strike by disgruntled trawlers.

China Press frontpaged a wife who complained that her husband is having an affair and is prepared to abandon the family on the grounds that she cannot fulfil his sexual desires.

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Both Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Daily urged the government to listen to the woes of trawlers and respond to their demands to end the strike as soon as possible.

Berita Harian slammed travel agencies which cheated pilgrims by offering cheaper pilgrimage packages.