Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Bahasa, Tamil and Chinese papers?

Front Page

English newspapers

New Straits Times and the Star both headline on the Perak lockout order as a move to stop the emergency sitting of the State Assembly from being held today.

Malay newspapers

Both Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian also reported on the Perak mayhem.

Chinese newspapers

Oriental Daily, Sin Chew Daily , and Nanyang Siang Pau all front-paged the lockout order in Perak.

China Press led with a report on the three Malaysians who died in a hotel fire in Taiwan.

Tamil newspapers

All Tamil dailies - Makkal Osai, Malaysia Nanban and Tamil Nesan - reported on the ongoing constitutional crisis in Perak.

Tamil Nesan also reported on MIC president S Samy Vellu's explanation on the RM2 million collected for tsunami victims to counter allegations that he had abused the fund.

Editorial

New Straits Times questioned the need to use video surveillance to tackle discipline problems in school.

Berita Harian urged people to stop all speculation on the prime minister’s decision to hand over his post to his deputy.

Utusan Malaysia commented on the “immunity” of the parliament members and asked for it to be reviewed as it has been misused by a certain party.

Sin Chew Daily urged the government to put aside the disagreement on political issues and work together to fight the global recession.