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

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English newspapers

The New Straits Times led with Transport Minister and MCA president Ong Tee Keat's plans to sue his accusers in the RM10 million scandal unless they retracted their statements and apologised.

The Star featured Ong Tee Keat's claim that accusations that he accepted RM10 million in ‘donation' was an attack on him triggered by his initiation of the investigations into the PKFZ.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia highlighted calls for the locations of H1N1 hot spots be revealed, so as to help the public adopt preventive measures.

Berita Harian chose to focus on the Regent of Pahang's call for the government to classify the danger level of H1N1 and take sterner actions to fight its spread.

Tamil newspapers

All three Tamil dailies - Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai - reported on the new deadline given by developer Numesto Sdn Bhd to residents of Kampung Buah Pala in Penang. They now have until the end of the month to vacate the village.

Editorial

The New Straits Times lamented the recent ‘not guilty as charged' verdicts in the government's war against graft, while pointing out that frivolous complaints often clog anti-graft agencies and the shady nature of bribery makes it difficult to prove.

Berita Harian urged the government to take more ‘drastic' action in handling the swine flu outbreak, in the face of its rising death toll.